Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, practice, or art of mimicking.
- noun An instance of mimicking.
- noun Biology The resemblance of one organism to another or to an object in its surroundings for concealment and protection from predators.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of imitating in speech, manner, or appearance; mockery by imitation; simulation.
- noun An imitation; that which imitates or simulates.
- noun In zoology, the simulation of something else in form or color, etc.; mimesis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
- noun (Biol.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act or ability to
simulate theappearance of someone or something else
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
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Examples
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She paused for the phrase, then made a gesture in mimicry of his, that included the Big House and its treasures, and said, All this does not influence me a particle.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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“Sleepy, sleepy,” she twittered in mimicry of drowsy birds.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery ….
Gretchen | Inhabitat 2008
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“Sleepy, sleepy,” she twittered in mimicry of drowsy birds.
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Formerly I had fasted and prayed and made sacrifice on the Day of Atonement, but it was more than half play, in mimicry of my elders.
The Promised Land 1912
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'Men and women!' some one piped in mimicry; and the crowd dissolved in laughter.
The Convert 1907
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Antichrist assumes in mimicry the universal power really belonging to Christ.
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We are so alike, that when last Passover, in mimicry, she twined my turban round her graceful head, our uncle called her David.
A Review of 'Alroy' 1833
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We are so alike, that when, last Passover, * in mimicry she twined my turban round her head, our uncle called her David.
Chapter 1 - Part I 1822
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The men try to make the most of it, even having a masked ball on the ice in mimicry of Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death.”
whichbe commented on the word mimicry
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -- Oscar Wilde
July 14, 2008