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Synonyms for mimic

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for mimic

to copy (another) slavishly

to copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way

a performer skilled at copying the manner or expression of another

one who mindlessly imitates another

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Synonyms for mimic

someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)

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imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect

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constituting an imitation

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Accordingly, to restore the constraint, the controller is required to raise utility of this potential mimicker. To do this, the type's taxes must be reduced.
"Mucocutaneous lesions should be characterized, according to existing classification systems, as to whether they may be lupus-specific, lupus nonspecific, lupus mimickers, or drug related," Dr.
(10) MDCT helps to differentiate mimickers of PDA such as ductus bump (remnant of the ductus arteriosus), aortic dissection or aortic aneurysm.
Studies of mothers' blood indicated high levels of human hormone mimickers, leading researchers to conclude that man-made chemicals had triggered changes in the sex of unborn children in the first three weeks of gestation.
Live Wire, an AC/DC cover band, and Motley Crue mimickers Same Ol' Situation will rock out to other people's songs starting at 10 p.m.
There are a few mimickers of warts so the diagnosis is not always easy.
Consider some common "mimickers" of anxiety symptoms:
(16) Ductal carcinomas of the salivary glands, breasts, and cutaneous appendages comprise one particularly common group of such histologic mimickers. Wick et al studied 103 tumors that featured this structural cluster and analyzed them microscopically arid immunohistologically to codify points of potential pathologic similarity and difference.
Chemson, Inc., announces the development of Naftosafe PLP 3000 Series calcium-zinc powder heat stabilizers, for flexible PVC applications, which provide a wide processing window with adequate color hold and smooth flow of material without hazardous metals or potential estrogen mimickers. The product is typically used at 50% or less of the level of traditional liquid stabilizers and is reportedly highly effective in replacing barium-cadmium and barium-zinc mixed-metal heat stabilizers.
A system that has produced minds that are not mere mimickers of their mentors.
We note that some convertible bonds that do infuse the capital structure with equity may have been issued by mimickers. These firms can get away with mimicking if firm performance increases subsequent to the offer, such that the bonds become in the money.
Now there is evidence, based on just two decades of study, that certain types of chemicals used in plastics and pesticides act as estrogen hormone mimickers in the human system.(34) Scientists suspect that these chemicals may cause serious adverse health effects.(35) Over the last two decades, the incidence of breast cancer in women has increased 24%,(36) testicular cancer in men has increased 42%,(37) and men have experienced a 42% loss in sperm count.(38) It is fairly well established that these chemicals cause adverse effects on reproductive systems of animals.(39) A classic case study is the major pesticide spill which occurred in Lake Apopka in central Florida, a decade ago.
Pollock's discovery of the drip lies on the borderline, for while Pollock did "break the ice," as de Kooning said, opening up new possibilities of gesture and abstraction, he simultaneously created a personal style so marked that those who wished to exploit his technique were obliged to find their own way of doing so, or be mimickers. Artist who became both abstract and expressionist were deemed no less original for having built upon the breakthroughs of Kandinsky and Pollock.