as in imitative
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age
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Recent Examples of mimetic
To get robotic collectives closer to Terminator’s mimetic polyalloy, the team wants to make the robots smaller.
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Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2025
These mimetic dynamics play out not just within countries but between them.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Indeed, what is happening might be better explained by the field of mimetic theory, which recognizes that imitation can drive decisions, stressing the role of volition and social learning in human arrangements.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Its active ingredient, Palmitoyl tripeptide-1, contains clinical levels of bio-mimetic triple peptides that boost collagen production for plumper lips.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimetic
imitative
Adjective
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Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.—
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It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound.—
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“Mimetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimetic. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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