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語源

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).

発音

• enPR: mĭmē′səs
• IPA: /mɪˈmiːsɪs/
• 韻: -iːsɪs

名詞

mimesis (countable and uncountable, plural mimeses)

1. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
2. (biology) Mimicry.
3. (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
4. (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
5. (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

派生語

• mimetic
• mimicry

関連する語

• meme
• memetic

参照

• Silva Rhetoricae

アナグラム

• mimsies