mimesis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).
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Noun edit
mimesis (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.
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the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mimesis
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mīmēsis, from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).
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Noun edit
mimesis f (indeclinable)
- (art, literature) mimesis (representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions)
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
mimesis f (plural mimesis)
Further reading edit
- “mimesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014