'Mimetic' definitions:
Definition of 'mimetic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images"
adjective
Exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton
Definition of 'Mimetic'
From: GCIDE
- Mimetic \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mimetic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apish,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- echoic,
- embodying,
- emulative,
- figurative,
- graphic,
- ideographic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imitative,
- incarnating,
- limning,
- mimic,
- mimish,
- onomatopoeic,
- onomatopoetic,
- personifying,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- portraying,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- simulative,
- symbolizing,
- typifying,
- vivid