mimesis

Example Sentences

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I still wonder if this is a kind of clever mimesis.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2018

In victory a kind of mimesis has begun.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2018

There was a somewhat belated reaction to the danger of mimesis, and before the close of 1934, most Falangists were denying that they were fascists.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

Though this wasn’t the only score of his that made listeners wonder whether he entertained ideas of representation, mimesis, evocation in his work, he — like Cunningham — kept quiet about these matters.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2016

To sum up, mimesis, in my eyes, is a piece of childishness.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander