Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.

    They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.

    When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.

    Mimikry, Nachahmung

    подража́ниеpodražánije, мими́крияmimíkrija

    the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

Examples

3 sentences
  1. One of the key components of empathy is what scientists call facial mimicry.

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  2. How do I know your ability to speak isn't just an advanced form of mimicry?

    ruКак же я узнаю, что твоя способность говорить - это не развитая форма мимикрии?

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  3. It's female mimicry.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else:

Origin

From mimic + -ry.

From mimic + -ry.

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Forms

plural: mimicries
Singularmimicry
Pluralmimicries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of mimicking; imitative behavior:apery

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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