mimesis
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mimesis (countable and uncountable, plural mimeses)
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (biology) Mimicry.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
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Translations
the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
Pronunciation
Noun
mimesis
Declension
| Inflection of mimesis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mimesis | mimesikset | |
| genitive | mimesiksen | mimesisten mimesiksien | |
| partitive | mimesistä | mimesiksiä | |
| illative | mimesikseen | mimesiksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mimesis | mimesikset | |
| accusative | nom. | mimesis | mimesikset |
| gen. | mimesiksen | ||
| genitive | mimesiksen | mimesisten mimesiksien | |
| partitive | mimesistä | mimesiksiä | |
| inessive | mimesiksessä | mimesiksissä | |
| elative | mimesiksestä | mimesiksistä | |
| illative | mimesikseen | mimesiksiin | |
| adessive | mimesiksellä | mimesiksillä | |
| ablative | mimesikseltä | mimesiksiltä | |
| allative | mimesikselle | mimesiksille | |
| essive | mimesiksenä | mimesiksinä | |
| translative | mimesikseksi | mimesiksiksi | |
| abessive | mimesiksettä | mimesiksittä | |
| instructive | — | mimesiksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “mimesis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mīmēsis, from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
Pronunciation
Noun
mimesis f (indeclinable)
- (art, literature) mimesis (representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions)
Further reading
- mimesis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mimesis in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
mimesis f (plural mimesis)
Further reading
- “mimesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10