mimicry

noun

Definition of mimicrynext
as in satire

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Recent Examples of mimicry Op-eds have painted the president’s reverence for traditional design as mere nostalgia that will lead, inevitably, to pastiche and derivative mimicry while stifling innovation. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 Stop taking it, and the mimicry stops too, kicking off a fairly predictable chain of changes over the days and weeks that follow. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 Heat mimicries are a dime a dozen at the movies — The Town, Den of Thieves, Crime 101. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2026 Schoenbrun is not going for kicky mimicry here — literalism is not their chief aim. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mimicry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicry
  1. satire
  2. laughter
  3. caricature
  4. burlesque
  5. insult
Noun
  • Altman isn’t the only big name who gets chewed up and spit out by Guadagnino’s dark satire.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and graying hair.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of satire
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  • Bridey’s first response to life, even to its darknesses, is laughter.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Yet how could anyone object to spending 65 minutes with a zany Broadway star who has learned to turn her shame into shared laughter?
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of laughter
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  • But Iñárritu’s caricatures become people in a way Kubrick’s don’t; as the bewildered President, for example, John Goodman is simultaneously grounded and theatrical in his presentation, recalling his best work with the Coen brothers.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of digging into the details of personality and circumstance — this school has a specific class for Shakespeare and also English teachers who are literature-hating caricatures?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of caricature
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  • About five years ago, the former college football player discovered his love for burlesque at a ballroom event in the Phoenix area, launching his career as a performer.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The four-movement work begins in anguish but courses through a bucolic, cheerful ländler and a rather violent burlesque before resolving into a final Adagio that critics have long characterized as a quiet but solid affirmation of life.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Definition of burlesque
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  • A lot of that is studying how dry bone, fresh bone, bone that is exposed to different types of forces will react to different types of insults.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Nintendo understands, more than most of its rivals, that family-friendly gaming doesn’t have to be an insult.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of insult

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