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Meaning of "mimetical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MIMETICAL

mimetical  [mɪˈmetɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIMETICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mimetical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MIMETICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mimesis

Mimesis (Ancient Greek: μίμησις (mīmēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mīmeisthai), "to imitate," from μῖμος (mimos), "imitator, actor") is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include imitation, representation, mimicry, imitatio, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self. In ancient Greece, mimesis was an idea that governed the creation of works of art, in particular, with correspondence to the physical world understood as a model for beauty, truth, and the good. Plato contrasted mimesis, or imitation, with diegesis, or narrative. After Plato, the meaning of mimesis eventually shifted toward a specifically literary function in ancient Greek society, and its use has changed and been reinterpreted many times since then. One of the best-known modern studies of mimesis, understood as a form of realism in literature, is...

Definition of mimetical in the English dictionary

The definition of mimetical in the dictionary is mimetic, or resembling or relating to mimesis or imitation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIMETICAL


anchoretical
ˌæŋkəˈretɪkəl
atheoretical
eɪˌθɪəˈretɪkəl
energetical
ˌenəˈdʒetɪkəl
epithetical
ˌepɪˈθetɪkəl
gamogenetical
ˌɡæməʊdʒɪˈnetɪkəl
genetical
dʒɪˈnetɪkəl
heresthetical
ˌherəsˈθetɪkəl
hydrokinetical
ˌhaɪdrəʊkɪˈnetɪkəl
metathetical
ˌmetəˈθetɪkəl
palingenetical
ˌpælɪndʒəˈnetɪkəl
parenthetical
ˌpærənˈθetɪkəl
phonetical
fəˈnetɪkəl
phrenetical
frɪˈnetɪkəl
poetical
pəʊˈetɪkəl
polysynthetical
ˌpɒlɪsɪnˈθetɪkəl
prophetical
prəˈfetɪkəl
psychogenetical
ˌsaɪkəʊdʒɪˈnetɪkəl
quodlibetical
ˌkwɒdlɪˈbetɪkəl
synthetical
sɪnˈθetɪkəl
unpoetical
ˌʌnpəʊˈetɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIMETICAL

mimbar
mime
mime artist
mimeo
Mimeograph
mimer
mimesis
mimester
mimetic
mimetically
mimetite
mimic
mimic panel
mimical
mimicked
mimicker
mimicking
mimicries
mimicry

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIMETICAL

alphabetical
analytical
chemical
critical
diacritical
grammatical
hypothetical
identical
mathematical
metical
mystical
nautical
optical
pharmaceutical
political
practical
skeptical
statistical
tactical
theoretical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of mimetical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mimetical» into 25 languages

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mimetical
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mimetical
570 millions of speakers

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mimetical
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mimetical
380 millions of speakers
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mimetical
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mimetical
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mimética
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mimetical
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mimetical
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Mimetical
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mimetical
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mimetical
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mimetical
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Mimetical
85 millions of speakers
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mimetical
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mimetical
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Mimetical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mimetical
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Translator English - Italian

mimetico
65 millions of speakers

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mimetical
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mimetical
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mimetical
30 millions of speakers
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mimetical
15 millions of speakers
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mimetical
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mimetical
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mimetical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mimetical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIMETICAL»

The term «mimetical» is used very little and occupies the 152.812 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIMETICAL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIMETICAL»

Discover the use of mimetical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mimetical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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good practices best practices. Highlighting the Compound ...
In both cases, mimetical correspondence exists between practice and theory, as theory can only hold up when it is closely related to prac— tice. Also, both disciplines, rather than testing theoretical frameworks, define concepts first—in a  ...
Karen Maex, Carl Bourgeois, Karen Maex, Carl Bourgeois, Kris Scheerlinck, Yves Schoonjans, Margarita Greene, Chris Van Keer, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Hilde Heynen, Richard Blythe, Johan Verbeke, Frank van der Hoeven, Guy Van Kerckhoven, 2012
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A Dictionary of Entomology
Associated organisms form a mimetical complex. Components of mimetical complex include a model, a mimic and an intermediary organism that tries to distinguish between model and mimic. Model has properties that are objectionable, ...
‎2011
3
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel ...
Richard Soule. Milt, n. 1. (Anat.) Spleen. 2. Semen (of fishes), sperm, soft roe. Milter, n. Male fish. Mime, n. Mimic. Mimetic, a. Imitative, mimic. Mimetical, a. Imitative, mimic. Mimic, a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical. Mimical, a. Imitative, mimetic ...
Richard Soule, 1938
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International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology
When these so—called mimetical desires spread in the whole community, more and more persons and objects become involved and the image of a 'general scarcity' emerges. This scarcity does not concern objective goods, but subjectively ...
Jens Beckert, Milan Zafirovski, 2013
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A History of Poetics: German Scholarly Aesthetics and ...
This follows from the emphatic concept of poetry as a 'creative art' (“schöpferische Kunst”).33 Clodius describes poetry as non-mimetical, meaning that it does not imitate something that previously existed.34 Guided by some primitive popular ...
Sandra Richter, 2010
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Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundries in Egypt's ...
In contrast, the mimetical portrayal of foreigners recognized them as human and part of the Egyptian cultural sphere. For example, foreigners play an important positive role in the Middle Kingdom story of Sinuhe's Levantine wanderings, which ...
Stuart Tyson Smith, 2004
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Is Japanese Related to Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic?
The Japanese-Portuguese dictionary of 1604 lists the verb as kakayaku, which makes the reduplicated, mimetical nature of kaka< *ka-ka even more obvious. Considering the shape *ka-ka as iconic for the twinkling of light, it is safer to omit this ...
Martine Irma Robbeets, 2005
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The Artificial and the Natural: An Evolving Polarity
What the work owes to art, it owes in connection with its producer; what is '' mimetical'' in the work it owes to the work's connection with the reality represented,8 producer and reality being both prior and exterior to the work itself. And these two ...
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, William R. Newman, 2007
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Representation in Religion: Studies in Honour of Moshe Barasch
Hieroglyphs signify either through "elementary letters" (dia ton proton stoicheiori) or through symbols of which there are three kinds: mimetical (kata mimesiri), tropical (tropikos) and allegorical (or enigmatic) ones. The mimetical symbols ...
Moshé Barash, Jan Assmann, Albert I. Baumgarten, 2001
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The Musician's Spirit: Connecting to Others Through Story : ...
In The Musician's Soul, I detailed the importance of a correct mimetical place in all that one does. Remember, one must make the correct conscious choice to be in the right place, a loving, caring place, at all times. The access of this loving, ...
James Mark Jordan, 2002

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« EDUCALINGO. Mimetical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mimetical>. Apr 2024 ».
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