Mimesis: alternatives and connections

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes aft…

Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as…

An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.

Molding in imitation of beads.

One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward su…

A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.

The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton ca…