as in imitative
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age
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Recent Examples of mimetic
Social media managers took note of the album art’s low-effort, counterintuitive chicness, and soon, X and Instagram were flooded with mimetic interpretations.
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Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 25 July 2024
Arguably, the thing that makes acting an art form, rather than just a series of mimetic gestures, is the actor’s interpretation.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Underneath it all, the mimetic mechanism is whirring, biding its time between crises.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Praise, though often hyperbolic or even mimetic, is more easily and leisurely measured out.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
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Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 25 July 2024
Arguably, the thing that makes acting an art form, rather than just a series of mimetic gestures, is the actor’s interpretation.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Underneath it all, the mimetic mechanism is whirring, biding its time between crises.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Praise, though often hyperbolic or even mimetic, is more easily and leisurely measured out.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
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“Mimetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimetic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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