mimesis

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For this reason, many therapists-beginning with Freud-have clients create a 'mimesis' - meaning they role-play the situation from the offending party's perspective.

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  1. noun The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
  2. noun Biology Mimicry.
  3. noun Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.

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  • For this reason, many therapists-beginning with Freud-have clients create a 'mimesis' - meaning they role-play the situation from the offending party's perspective. —  SteveFarber.com
  • The hope is that, through this mimesis role-playing, patients might better understand why someone might have emotionally taken a bite out of them, so they can avoid being bitten again! —  SteveFarber.com
  • First, I am sure you understand that the idea in the opening lines from Marx (with an attribution to Hegel) is meant to be a sort of literary trope whereby Marx seeks to make a point about mimesis, about imitation of earlier characters and events by those who seek to change the order of things. —  Kafila
  • Mild Pixies mimesis - on "Diego Rivera," "Moscow Bride," and sporadically throughout - reaches no logical conclusion, and John Renton's watery timbre isn't suited to the heavy lifting he attempts. —  DOA
  • Whence this neglect to practise mimesis, 'protective mimicry'? —  The Mason-Bees
 

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  1. Greek mīmēsis, from mīmeisthai, to imitate, from mīmos, imitator, mime.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μίμησις, imitation, from μιμεῑσθαι, imitate: see mime.
 

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