mimèse

• mimesis, mimèsis, mimésis

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis, “imitation”), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).

• IPA^(key): /mi.mɛz/

mimèse f (plural mimèses)

1. (art, drama, literature) the act or philosophy of representing reality in artistic works; mimesis

   Synonym: imitation

   • 1995, René Lapierre, Ecrire l'Amérique‎^[1], Les Herbes Rouges, page 110:

     Maniérisme de l’esprit qui exige en effet, en tant que mimèse de la pensée, beaucoup de minutie et d’ingéniosité...

     A mannerism of mind that truly requires, as a mimesis of thought, an abundance of fastidiousness and ingenuity...

2. (rhetoric) the act of imitating, in writing or speech, an opposing viewpoint in a derisive manner

• mime
• mimétique

• émîmes, même si, Memsie, mimées, si même