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mimetic
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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.


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As we have already seen, Ferrario respects both the convention and the formal properties of Levi's map, adopting the Auschwitz-Torino trajectory of his voyage as the film's narrative logic, and inserting nine segmented map stills throughout the film to structure the voyage and allow the audience to see how mimetically Ferrario's cinematographic voyage has been superimposed on its source.
20) Realism works two ways in the political dimension: first, the portrayal of real bodies, mimetically reproduced before us, is an act of production and representation that allows for both the affective engagement and involvement of the viewer.
Mimetically drawing on the power and character of other realms of experience, the displacement of masking points above all to the possibility of other, impenetrable worlds of knowledge and power.
 
 
 
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