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Definition of mimicry
mimicries
1a : an instance of mimickingb : the action, practice, or art of mimicking entertained his family with mimicry and comic skits — Cynthia Ozick
2 : a superficial (see superficial 2b) resemblance of one organism to another or to natural objects among which it lives that secures it a selective advantage (such as protection from predation)
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Recent Examples of mimicry from the Web
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Leidy Churchman’s response to the existential threat of the internet looks like the protective mimicry that a lot of contemporary painters have adopted.
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Their technology, called C-LEARN, enables a robot to learn a task through mimicry and translate that information into motion planning algorithms that other robots can use.
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Sudeikis doesn’t work like some other SNL impersonators who depend on uncanny mimicry.
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In all, the mimicry accounted for 20 percent of all the variance in the subjects' perception of the agent and its Ashcroftian message.
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First Known Use of mimicry
1671
MIMICRY Defined for English Language Learners
mimicry
playDefinition of mimicry for English Language Learners
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: the activity or art of copying the behavior or speech of other people : the activity or art of mimicking other people
MIMICRY Defined for Kids
mimicry
playDefinition of mimicry for Students
: a type of protection from predators in which one animal resembles the coloring, form, or behavior of another animal that is harmful or bad-tasting
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See words that rhyme with mimicry Spanish Central: Translation of mimicry Nglish: Translation of mimicry for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of mimicry for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about mimicry
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