as in imitative
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age
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Its active ingredient, Palmitoyl tripeptide-1, contains clinical levels of bio-mimetic triple peptides that boost collagen production for plumper lips.
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Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 Oct. 2024
To get robotic collectives closer to Terminator’s mimetic polyalloy, the team wants to make the robots smaller.
—Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2025
These mimetic dynamics play out not just within countries but between them.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
My heroes are all chameleonic actors who transform and manage to transcend something simply mimetic.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 Oct. 2024
To get robotic collectives closer to Terminator’s mimetic polyalloy, the team wants to make the robots smaller.
—Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2025
These mimetic dynamics play out not just within countries but between them.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
My heroes are all chameleonic actors who transform and manage to transcend something simply mimetic.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Mimetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimetic. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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