mimesis

Rhetoric.��imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of someone else, as in order to represent their character.

(in literature, film, art, etc.)

1. imitation of the real world, as by re-creating instances of human action and events or portraying objects found in nature.

   This movie is a mimesis of historical events.

2. the showing of a story, as by dialogue and enactment of events.

Biology.��imitation.

Zoology.��mimicry.

Pathology.��Also

1. the simulation, due to hysteria, of the symptoms of a disease.

2. the simulation of the symptoms of one disease by another.