mimicabilityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From mimic +‎ -ability.

名詞

mimicability (uncountable)

1. The capability of being mimicked.
   • 1996, Christopher Looby, “The Politics of Ventriloquism”, in Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, chapter 3 (“The Very Act of Utterance”: Law, Language, and Legitimation in [Charles Brockden] Brown’s Wieland), page 171:

     That is, the very individuality of a voice depends necessarily on socially and historically given structures. The mimicability of a voice is proof enough of this fact.

   • 1998, Ricardo Uauy-Dagach, Patricia N. Mena, Dennis R. Hoffman, quoting Alan Lucas, “Nutrition, Diet, and Infant Development: Long-Chain Polyunsatured Fatty Acids in Infant Neurodevelopment”, in Jay A. Perman, Jean Rey, editors, Clinical Trials in Infant Nutrition: Methodology, Statistics, and Ethicial Issues (Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series; 40), Vevey, Vaud: Nestlé Nutrition Services; Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott-Raven, →ISBN, page 179:

     I have a comment about the mimicability of human milk. The first thing to say is that the presence of something in breast milk doesn’t imply that it is important; […]

   • 2005, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse, “Discretionary Leadership: From Control/Co-ordination to Value Co-Creation Through Polylogue”, in Cary L. Cooper, editor, Leadership and Management in the 21 Century: Business Challenges of the Future, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, part I (Challenges of the Business Environment), page 87:

     However, despite a growing trend for copyright and patent registration, those strategies for differentiation provide only short-term advantages, due to their ‘mimicability’ by competitors.

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