mimicry
noun
1 mimicry
The act of mimicking; imitative behavior.
synonym: apery.
Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
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Roget 450a:
absence of intellect,
want of intellect
etc.
450;
imbecility
etc.
499.
brutality,
brute force.
instinct,
brute instinct,
stimulus-response loop,
conditioned response,
instinctive reaction,
Pavlovian response.
mimicry,
aping
(imitation)
19.
moron,
imbecile,
idiot;
fool
etc.
501;
dumb animal;
vegetable,
brain dead.
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Roget 530:
camouflage;
mimicry;
hiding place;
secret place,
secret drawer;
recess,
hold,
holes and corners;
closet,
crypt,
adytum†,
abditory†,
oubliette.
ambush,
ambuscade;
stalking horse;
lurking hole,
lurking place;
secret path,
back stairs;
retreat
etc.
(refuge)
666.
screen,
cover,
shade,
blinker;
veil,
curtain,
blind,
cloak,
cloud.
mask,
visor,
vizor†,
disguise,
masquerade dress,
domino.
pitfall
etc.
(source of danger)
667;
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
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2 mimicry
The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators.
Dutch: mimicry
Polish: mimetyzm, mimezja
Moby thesaurus: acting, aggressive mimicry, apery, aping, buffoonery, business, caricature, characterization, cryptic mimicry, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking, miming, mock, mockery, mummery, overacting, pantomime, pantomiming, parody, parrotry, patter, performance, performing, personation, personification, playacting, playing, playing possum, portrayal, posing, projection, protective coloration, representation, slapstick, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt, synaposematic mimicry, taking a role ... show more.
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