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Flattery's sincerest form, and nature's favorite cheat code for not dying.
means To copy someone or something's appearance, sound, or behavior closely, whether for fun, survival, or deception.
from From Greek 'mimos' ('imitator, actor, mime'), which gave Latin 'mimicus' and then English 'mimic' in the 1500s—originally describing comic actors who imitated others' voices and gestures onstage. The word has always carried that whiff of theater: a mimic is, at root, a tiny performer doing an impression.
- origin
- greek mimos, meaning actor or imitator
- evolution trick
- harmless species copy deadly ones to survive
- octopus mvp
- one species impersonates fifteen other animals
- human version
- toddlers learn language almost entirely by mimicry