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mimetic desires

mimetic desires is the plural of mimetic desire.

Meaning of mimetic desire

Noun

mimetic desire (countable and uncountable, plural mimetic desires)

  1. A desire that is imitative, and not related to the desired object's intrinsic value, based on the idea that human desires arise from imitation and competitive behavior in groups.
    • Having transcended his own mimetic desires, [Peter] Thiel was now free to capitalise on those of others.2025 May 10, Orlando Reade, “The deification of René Girard”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17

Questions about mimetic desires

What is mimetic desires the plural of?
Mimetic desires is the plural of mimetic desire.

Words near mimetic desires in the dictionary

  1. mimetene
  2. mimetese
  3. mimetesite
  4. mimetic
  5. mimetic desire
  6. mimetic desires
  7. mimetical
  8. mimetically
  9. mimeticism
  10. mimeticisms
  11. mimeticist

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