Definition of "mimetic" [mi•met•ic]

• Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry. (adjective)
• Of or relating to an imitation; imitative. (adjective)
• Using imitative means of representation: a mimetic dance. (adjective)

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• "High mimetic is not a phase but a heroic register (and one we might well argue turns romance into epic and horror into tragedy)."
• "It is never the case that a single hegemonic entity called capitalism enters new settings that simply succumb in mimetic fashion to the new order that is thus reproduced neatly and cleanly over these remote environments."
• "Low mimetic is likewise a non-heroic register, a register of realism in the representation of an individual’s relationship to society."