mimic men
mimic men · mimic mens
Post-colonial people that, through lack of ready alternatives, imitate practices of…Post-colonial people that, through lack of ready alternatives, imitate practices of the pre-independence colonising people, maybe inappropriately.
Meaning
1 senses(collective)Post-colonial people that, through lack of ready alternatives, imitate practices of the pre-independence colonising people, maybe inappropriately.
Origin
Coined by Trinidadian-British writer V. S. Naipaul in 1967 in his book The Mimic Men fromCoined by Trinidadian-British writer V. S. Naipaul in 1967 in his book The Mimic Men from mimic and men.
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