mimicry
/ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/
mimicry noun: an act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
Noun
mimicry (countable and uncountable, plural mimicries)
- An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
- They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
- When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
mimicry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mimicry in Hindi
- the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else
- अनुकरण anukraṇ
mimicry in Tamil
- கோரணி, நாப்பு, கோட்டி, பலகுரல், குரல்போலி, மனிதர்
mimicry in Marathi
- mimicry, caricature
- नक्कल nakkal
mimicry in Urdu
- نقل
More languagesFewer languages
- mimicry in Bengali
- অনুকরণ, নকল করার ক্ষমতা, ছদ্মবেশ
- mimicry in Malayalam
- മിമിക്രി mimikri, ശബ്ദാനുകരണം śabdānukaraṇaṁ
- mimicry in Kannada
- ಅನುಕರಣ, ಅಣಕ, ಕೊರಚಾಟ
- mimicry in Punjabi
- ਸਾਂਗ sāṅg, ਨਕ਼ਲ naqal
- mimicry in Tagalog
- gagad
- mimicry in Arabic
- مُشَاكهَة
- mimicry in Persian
- میمیک mimik, وانمایی vānemāyi
- mimicry in Vietnamese
- sự bắt chước
Examples of mimicry in a sentence
- What is known as mimicry in the animal kingdom is, of course, one phase of homœomorphy.
- Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
- Obliterative coloration aims to make animals invisible, while mimicry is deceptive visibility aiming to make the animal appear as something else.
Forms of mimicry
| plural | mimicries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | mimickry |
Origin of mimicry
From mimic + -ry.
Words formed from mimicry
Questions about mimicry
- What does mimicry mean?
- Mimicry means an act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
- What is mimicry in Hindi?
- Mimicry in Hindi is अनुकरण (anukraṇ). See Mimicry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mimicry?
- Mimicry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mimicry?
- Mimicry is pronounced /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mimicry?
- The plural of mimicry is mimicries.
Words near mimicry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mimicry (page history and authors); mimicry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नक्कल (Marathi) (page history and authors); mimicry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mimicry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mimicry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਕ਼ਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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