Meaning & use
mimetic
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Relating to or exhibiting imitation, especially of another organism, behavior, or style.
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The insect's mimetic coloring makes it nearly indistinguishable from the leaves around it.
Critics described the film's visual style as mimetic of classic noir cinema.
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Common in biology to describe camouflage or mimicry, and in art criticism to describe work that closely imitates another style.
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imitative
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