mimesis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
Types & categories
- imitation hypernym
Related & opposite
- mimetic derivation
Sense 2 noun
any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
Types & categories
- disease hypernym
Parts & wholes
- hysterical neurosis part holonym
Sense 3 noun
the representation of another person's words in a speech
Types & categories
- quotation hypernym
Related & opposite
- mimetic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mimetic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imitation |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hysterical neurosis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mimetic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | quotation |