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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mimetic
adjective
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▪ A mimetic butterfly is one that resembles another kind of butterfly-usually a poisonous one.
▪ And, conversely, does mimetic illusionism-the anthropomorphic statue-always fail as art?
▪ For example, does the precision of mimetic patterns in butterflies reflect the degree of protection they confer.
▪ In addition, hosts in sympatry were less likely to reject a mimetic model egg than a non-mimetic one.
▪ Indeed Bratby's and Diebenkorn's works are stylistically closer to Expressionism than to mimetic realism.
▪ Nathalie Sarraute's novels could be claimed to display autonomy and reflexivity, despite her preoccupation with such a mimetic project.
▪ No, M' lud, we hold that it would have an emetic, not a mimetic, effect on any reader.
▪ The Formalists evaluate literary form for its perceptibility and not for its mimetic capacity.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mimetic

Mimetic \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate.]

  1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.

  2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mimetic

1630s, "having an aptitude for mimicry," from Greek mimetikos "imitative, good at imitating," from mimetos, verbal adjective of mimeisthai "to imitate." Originally of persons, attested of animals or plants from 1851. Related: Mimetical (1610s); mimetically.

Wiktionary
mimetic

a. Exhibiting mimesis n. 1 Something #Adjective or imitative. 2 (context education English) A type of mnemonic. 3 (context pharmacology English) A substance with similar pharmacological effects to another substance.

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mimetic

  1. adj. characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images"

  2. exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton

Usage examples of "mimetic".

Following after her, he saw that the Fosh and Ki- Adi-Mundi were closing on a Gotal, whose mimetic suit couldn't camouflage the trail of shed fur he was leaving.