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