Definition of Mimesis. Meaning of Mimesis. Synonyms of Mimesis

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Definition of Mimesis

Mimesis
Mimesis Mi*me"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitation.] (Rhet. & Biol.) Imitation; mimicry.

Meaning of Mimesis from wikipedia

- Mimesis (/mɪˈmiːsɪs, maɪ-/; Ancient Gr****: μίμησις, mīmēsis) is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings...
- In biology, mimesis (from ancient Gr**** μίμησις mímēsis, "imitation") is a form of crypsis where living creatures mimic the form, colour and posture of...
- Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (German: Mimesis: Dargestellte Wirklichkeit in der abendländischen Literatur) is a book of...
- Look up mimesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mimesis is a philosophical concept. Mimesis may also refer to: Linguistic mimesis, a concept in phonaesthetics...
- The phrase may be considered synonymous with anti-mimesis, the direct opposite of Aristotelian mimesis: art imitating real life. The idea's most notable...
- Mimesis criticism is a method of interpreting texts in relation to their literary or cultural models. Mimesis, or imitation (imitatio), was a widely used...
- In mathematics, mimesis is the quality of a numerical method which imitates some properties of the continuum problem. The goal of numerical analysis is...
- derives from the philosophical concept mimesis, which carries a wide range of meanings. In mimetic theory, mimesis refers to human desire, which Girard...
- Anniversary of Mimesis," included in Fifty Year Anniversary edition of Mimesis. Princeton University Press, 2003. Bibliography Bakker, Egbert. "Mimesis as Performance:...
- An ideophone, also known as a mimetic word or expressive, is any word in a certain word class evoking ideas in sound imitation (onomatopoeia) to express...