mimetic

English

Alternative forms

• mimetick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈmɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Homophone: memetic (some accents)

Adjective

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).

Antonyms

• nonmimetic
• phonomimetic

Derived terms

• adrenomimetic
• allelomimetic
• amylinomimetic
• andromimetic
• anthropomimetic
• antimimetic
• bacteriomimetic
• biomimetic
• calcimimetic
• cannabimimetic
• cholinomimetic
• estromimetic
• ethnomimetic
• glycomimetic
• gynemimetic
• immunomimetic
• membrane mimetic chemistry
• mimetically
• mimeticism
• mimeticist
• mimeticity
• morphinomimetic
• mucomimetic
• neuromimetic
• non-mimetic
• non-mimetic fiction
• osteomimetic
• pathomimetic
• peptidomimetic
• pharmacomimetic
• phosphomimetic
• physiomimetic
• proteinomimetic
• proteomimetic
• psychomimetic
• psychotomimetic
• radiomimetic
• sympathomimetic
• thanatomimetic
• thyromimetic
• vagomimetic

 

Related terms

• memetic

Noun

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mimétique.

Adjective

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

1. mimetic

Declension

Declension of mimetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mimetic		mimetică	mimetici	mimetice
	definite	mimeticul		mimetica	mimeticii	mimeticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mimetic		mimetice	mimetici	mimetice
	definite	mimeticului		mimeticei	mimeticilor	mimeticelor