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mimetic Biology of or exhibiting mimicry mimetic [mə′med·ik] (crystallography) Pertaining to a crystal that is twinned or malformed but whose crystal symmetry appears to be of a higher grade than it actually is. (petrology) Of a tectonite, having a deformation fabric, formed by mimetic crystallization, that reflects and is influenced by preexisting anisotropic structure. (zoology) Pertaining to or exhibiting mimicry. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Better yet, from the heights of a triumphant design culture of the late '50s and early '60s in Los Angeles, it may have appeared as though painterly abstraction itself had mimetically internalized if not enacted the dynamics of techno-scientific progress. And, as Karamcheti suggests, it does not seek in its joy--and there is joy--to mimetically represent understood reality, but to challenge and disrupt in an effort to lead students to a place where, hopefully, they can begin to think for themselves. Critics who expect Tolkien's texts to function mimetically will undoubtedly see them as failures: the essential tenets of literary criticism as they interact with realist novels do not work for marvellous fantasy. |
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