mimetic

• mimetick (obsolete, rare)

From Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”).

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈmɛtɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Homophone: memetic (some accents)

mimetic (comparative more mimetic, superlative most mimetic)

1. Exhibiting mimesis.
2. Imitative.
   • 2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This is a planned city, built wholesale from scratch, and coloured with a mimetic sense of humour. Lusail has a replica Place Vendôme. Lusail has a fake Beverly Hills (still under construction).

• nonmimetic
• phonomimetic

• memetic

mimetic (plural mimetics)

1. Something mimetic or imitative.
2. (education) A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (pharmacology) A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle intervention such as diet or exercise.

   caloric restriction mimetic

   exercise mimetic

   serotonin mimetic

Borrowed from French mimétique.

mimetic m or n (feminine singular mimetică, masculine plural mimetici, feminine and neuter plural mimetice)

1. mimetic