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mimicability

mimicability noun: the capability of being mimicked.

Noun

mimicability (uncountable)

  1. The capability of being mimicked.
    • That is, the very individuality of a voice depends necessarily on socially and historically given structures. The mimicability of a voice is proof enough of this fact.1996, Christopher Looby, “The Politics of Ventriloquism”, in Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN...
    • I have a comment about the mimicability of human milk. The first thing to say is that the presence of something in breast milk doesn’t imply that it is important; […]1998, Ricardo Uauy-Dagach, Patricia N. Mena, Dennis R. Hoffman, quoting Alan Lucas, “Nutrition, Diet, and Infant Development: Long-Chain Polyunsatured Fatty Acids in Infant Neurodevelopment”, in Jay...

Forms of mimicability

alternative formmimickability

Origin of mimicability

From mimic + -ability.

Questions about mimicability

What does mimicability mean?
Mimicability means the capability of being mimicked.
What part of speech is mimicability?
Mimicability is a noun.

Words near mimicability in the dictionary

  1. mimic men
  2. mimic octopi
  3. mimic octopus
  4. mimic octopuses
  5. mimic thrush
  6. mimicability
  7. mimicable
  8. mimical
  9. mimically
  10. mimicism
  11. mimick

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