mimetic
adjective/mɪˈmetɪk/
/mɪˈmetɪk/
(specialist or formal)- copying the behaviour or appearance of somebody/something else
- mimetic art/literature (= that copies real life)
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek mimētikos ‘imitation’, from mimeisthai ‘to imitate’.Definitions on the go
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