mimicry
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
Example
“They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.”
Related words
- automimicry
- biomimicry
- glycomimicry
- osteomimicry
- peptidomimicry
- phagomimicry
- phosphomimicry
- theriomimicry
- Pouyannian mimicry
- auto-mimicry
- Batesian mimicry
- sexual mimicry
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mimicry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.