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Definition of Mimesis
1. Noun. The imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature.
2. Noun. Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease.
3. Noun. The representation of another person's words in a speech.
Definition of Mimesis
1. n. Imitation; mimicry.
Definition of Mimesis
1. Noun. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art. ¹
2. Noun. (biology) mimicry. ¹
3. Noun. (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present. ¹
4. Noun. (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation. ¹
5. Noun. (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mimesis
1. mimicry [n -MESISES or -MESES] : MIMETIC [adj] - See also: mimicry
Medical Definition of Mimesis
1. 1. Hysterical simulation of organic disease. 2. The symptomatic imitation of one organic disease by another. Origin: G. Mimesis, imitation, fr. Mimeomai, to mimic (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimesis
Literary usage of Mimesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"mimesis of pleasure as compared with mimesis of pain. The bodily resonance of
the emotions. The theory of James, Lange, and Sergi. ..."
2. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood by Dawson Williams, Frank Spooner Churchill (1900)
"Hysteria : Definition ; Somnambulism ; Delirium ; Paralysis ; Neuro-mimesis ;
Fasting Girls—Diagnosis of Hysteria—Treatment—Pica or Dirt Eating. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"The higher animals have no proper centre for attentive mimesis. ... In adults,
thought mimesis is well differentiated from that of emotion, ..."
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