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mimicry

noun as in mime

noun as in impersonation

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Example Sentences

Mimicry is an ingenious survival technique, albeit one that is of little use against bulldozers and chainsaws.

But this was an element of Jeff that I understood; his mimicry and his retention for music and melody.

We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.

Caroline, during this time, is busy with an alarming piece of mimicry: she looks as if she were going to faint.

One thing in connection with Chopin's mimicry has to be particularly noted—it is very characteristic of the man.

Her powers of mimicry, too, particularly of the different dialects of France, have seldom been surpassed.

The strangers assembled to see our childish mimicry of passion were witnesses to a highly-wrought dramatic scene in real life.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mimicry, such as: apery, imitation, mockery, pretense, aping, and parroting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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