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DavidWalker: New page: The word ''''mimesis'''' - pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, mi-MEE-sis, {{IPA|mmiss}} - is a transliteration of the ancient Greek word Î¼Î¯Î¼Î·ÏƒÎ¹Ï‚ (''mimes...

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New page: The word ''''mimesis'''' - pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, mi-MEE-sis, {{IPA|mmiss}} - is a transliteration of the ancient Greek word Î¼Î¯Î¼Î·ÏƒÎ¹Ï‚ (''mimes...

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The word ''''mimesis'''' - pronounced with the stress on the second [[syllable]], mi-MEE-sis, {{IPA|mmiss}} - is a [[transliteration]] of the ancient [[Greek]] word Î¼Î¯Î¼Î·ÏƒÎ¹Ï‚ (''mimesis''). The central meaning of ''mimesis'' was 'imitation', but as well as being used in everyday contexts with this meaning, the word was also used in the discussion of art and literature by the philosophers [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] and their successors, and in these contexts 'imitation' does not always adequately convey the meaning of the word. (See further [[Mimesis in Plato and Aristotle]].)

In the last few centuries the word ''''mimesis'''' has been introduced into English and other European languages as a technical term. It has been used
*in aesthetics and art criticism, to mean 'the imitative representation of a subject';
*in medicine, to refer to a disease which displays the symptoms of another disease, or to features of a mental illness which mimic the symptoms of a physical illness; and
*in biology, to refer to the resemblance which one species of insect or animal may bear to another species, a resemblance which it has developed in order to protect itself from predators. (This phenomenon is more commonly known as mimicry.)

The [[adjective]] from ''''mimesis'''' is ''''mimetic'''' - pronounced with a short -e- in the stressed second [[syllable]], mi-MET-ik, {{IPA|mmtk}}.

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 *in biology, to refer to the resemblance which one species of insect or animal may bear to another species, a resemblance which it has developed in order to protect itself from predators. (This phenomenon is more commonly known as mimicry.)
-The [[adjective]] from ''''mimesis'''' is ''''mimetic'''' - pronounced with a short -e- in the stressed second [[syllable]], mi-MET-ik, {{IPA|mɪ'mɛtɪk}}.
+The [[adjective]] from ''''mimesis'''' is ''''mimetic'''' - pronounced with a [[short vowel|short -e-]] in the stressed second [[syllable]], mi-MET-ik, {{IPA|mɪ'mɛtɪk}}.
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-The word ''''mimesis'''' - pronounced with the stress on the second [[syllable]], mi-MEE-sis, {{IPA|mÉªËˆmiËsÉªs}} - is a [[transliteration]] of the ancient [[Greek]] word Î¼Î¯Î¼Î·ÏƒÎ¹Ï‚ (''mimesis''). The central meaning of ''mimesis'' was 'imitation', but as well as being used in everyday contexts with this meaning, the word was also used in the discussion of art and literature by the philosophers [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] and their successors, and in these contexts 'imitation' does not always adequately convey the meaning of the word. (See further [[Mimesis in Plato and Aristotle]].)
+The word ''''mimesis'''' - pronounced with the stress on the second [[syllable]], mi-MEE-sis, {{IPA|mɪ'miːsɪs}} - is a [[transliteration]] of the ancient [[Greek]] word ‚ μίμησις (''mimesis''). The central meaning of ''mimesis'' was 'imitation', but as well as being used in everyday contexts with this meaning, the word was also used in the discussion of art and literature by the philosophers [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] and their successors, and in these contexts 'imitation' does not always adequately convey the meaning of the word. (See further [[Mimesis in Plato and Aristotle]].)
 In the last few centuries the word ''''mimesis'''' has been introduced into English and other European languages as a technical term. It has been used
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 *in biology, to refer to the resemblance which one species of insect or animal may bear to another species, a resemblance which it has developed in order to protect itself from predators. (This phenomenon is more commonly known as mimicry.)
-The [[adjective]] from ''''mimesis'''' is ''''mimetic'''' - pronounced with a short -e- in the stressed second [[syllable]], mi-MET-ik, {{IPA|mÉªËˆmÉ›tÉªk}}.
+The [[adjective]] from ''''mimesis'''' is ''''mimetic'''' - pronounced with a short -e- in the stressed second [[syllable]], mi-MET-ik, {{IPA|mɪ'mɛtɪk}}.
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