mimesis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmimesis (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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editthe representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions
References
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editFinnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmimesis
Declension
editInflection of mimesis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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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
edit- “mimesis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin mīmēsis, from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmimesis f (indeclinable)
- (art, literature) mimesis (representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions)
Further reading
editSpanish
editNoun
editmimesis f (plural mimesis)
Further reading
edit- “mimesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- fi:Art
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