Definition of MIMETIC

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boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age

Recent Examples on the Web Many different groups are currently making their own versions of these spike-mimetic trimers to test their various vaccine designs. — Scientific American, "20 Years in the Making: A New Approach to a Vaccine against HIV," 12 May 2020 Here, in addition to O’Brien’s celebrated gifts of lyricism and mimetic precision, is a new, unsettling fabulist vision that suggests Kafka more than Joyce. — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, "Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run," 7 Oct. 2019 That's not to say that Menzies doesn't continue to explore his mimetic talents, even in roles with... lines. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "The Crown's Tobias Menzies Wanted to Be a Mime, But Couldn't Afford Mime School," 4 Dec. 2019 Yet one of the book’s signal triumphs is that Alharthi has constructed her own novelistic form to suit her specific mimetic requirements. — James Wood, The New Yorker, "An Omani Novel Exposes Marriage and Its Miseries," 7 Oct. 2019 This makes us easy prey for — perhaps even complicit with — grifters who play off our communal, mimetic desires. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, "The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter," 12 Sep. 2019 Fiction often attempts to capture reality without being coldly mimetic; taxidermy reveals the stakes of that project. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time," 21 Aug. 2019 There is a long-standing argument regarding how far mimetic art ought to go in representing the sometimes dispiriting realities of modern life. — Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, "Mallo My!," 10 Mar. 2019 This phenomenon has also been called mimetic architecture — a building’s design mimicked its function or a product associated with the building. — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, "From big oranges to bears, readers recall roadside gems," 16 June 2019

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“Mimetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mimetic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2020.

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