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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature;

2. any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease;

3. the representation of another person's words in a speech;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mimesis \Mi*me"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitation.] (Rhet. & Biol.) Imitation; mimicry. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mimesis n 1: the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature 2: any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease 3: the representation of another person's words in a speech