mimetic
Prone to copying
Mimetic means imitative or characterized by mimicry.
The word appears most often in academic or technical contexts: mimetic behavior in animals copies other species for survival advantage; mimetic desire in philosophy suggests we want things because others want them.
In art criticism, mimetic refers to representation that imitates reality: The novel's mimetic power made nineteenth-century Paris feel present.
Identical reproduction made
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- imitationCopy of the original
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- apeTailless higher primate
parrot · echo · simulate · counterfeit · forgery · facsimile · doppelganger · clone
Attentive watching or remark
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- imitativeCopying others' style
- social learningAcquiring behavior through observation
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
acquisition · enculturation · socialization · cognitive · developmental · behavioral · observational · vicarious
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- parodySatirical imitation
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
- homageExpression of deep respect
- satireMockery exposing vice
burlesque · lampoon · allusion · quotation · intertextuality · derivative · echo · Platonic
Depiction or likeness
- portrayalDepiction of someone
- depictionRepresentation in art
- realismAccepting things as they are
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
verisimilitude · figurative · illusionism · trompe-l'oeil · lifelike · photorealism · drama · theater
Concealment through visual blending
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
- warningAlert about danger
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- preyAnimal being hunted
deceptive · protective · aggressive · eyespot · disruptive · chameleon · octopus · butterfly
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
species · phenotype · selective pressure · trait · convergent · co-evolution · signal · honest
copy
Identical reproduction made
ape · parrot · echo · simulate · counterfeit · forgery · facsimile · doppelganger · clone · duplicate
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- imitativeCopying others' style
- social learningAcquiring behavior through observation
apprenticeship · acquisition · enculturation · socialization · cognitive · developmental · behavioral · observational · vicarious · demonstration
allegory
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
satire · burlesque · lampoon · allusion · quotation · intertextuality · derivative · echo · Platonic · Aristotelian
representation
Depiction or likeness
naturalism · verisimilitude · figurative · illusionism · trompe-l'oeil · lifelike · photorealism · drama · theater · dance
camouflage
Concealment through visual blending
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
- warningAlert about danger
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
prey · deceptive · protective · aggressive · eyespot · disruptive · chameleon · octopus · butterfly · morphology
natural selection
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- predationHunting and consuming prey
survival · species · phenotype · selective pressure · trait · convergent · co-evolution · signal · honest · deceptive
mimeticoriginal
First or inventive
creative · innovative · inventive · novel · archetypal
mimeticnonrepresentational
Not depicting reality
abstract · nonfigurative · nonimitative · nonobjective · expressionistic
mimic, mime, mimicry, mimicking, mimics, mimicked, mimeograph, mimesis, mimicker