mimesis

Definitions


[mʌɪˈmiːsɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- imitative representation of the real world in art and literature
(e.g: Barth has always detached his use of plot from mimesis)



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Origin:
mid 16th century: from Greek mimēsis, from mimeisthai ‘to imitate’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries