1. The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world; especially, human actions, in literature and in art.
2. The imitation of life or nature in the techniques and subject matter of art and literature.
3. The representation of another person's words in a speech.
4. Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease that is not actually present which is often caused by hysteria.
5. The occurrence of the symptoms of a disease in someone who does not have that disease which is often produced psychosomatically.
6. Etymology: from Greek mimeisthai, "to imitate"; which comes from mimos,, "movements or actions without words".