different between mimesis vs mimeticity

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (m??m?sis), from ????????? (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from ????? (mîmos, “a mime”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?m??s?s
• IPA^(key): /m??mi?s?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s?s

Noun

mimesis (countable and uncountable, plural mimeses)

1. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
2. (biology) Mimicry.
3. (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
4. (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
5. (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

Derived terms

• mimetic
• mimicry

Translations

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

• mimsies

Spanish

Noun

mimesis f (plural mimesis)

1. mimesis

English

Etymology

From mimetic +? -ity.

Noun

mimeticity (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality or state of being mimetic, or the degree to which one is mimetic.
   • 1964, Arthur Danto, "The Artworld," Journal of Philosophy, vol. 61, no. 19, p. 572:

     Now the Imitation Theory of Art (IT) is, if one but thinks it through, an exceedingly powerful theory. . . . Moreover, it is a simple matter to shore it up against many purported counterinstances by such auxiliary hypotheses as that the artist who deviates from mimeticity is perverse, inept, or mad.

Related terms

• mimesis
• mimetic