mimesis
mi·me·sis
noun
1.
the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
2.
any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
3.
the representation of another person''s words in a speech
Origin
From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.
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