MIMESIS Antonyms

• the human act of creating

• (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

• an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• everything that exists anywhere

• the act of departing

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• euphemistic expressions for death

• an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

• imagination unrestricted by reality

• fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

• something many people believe that is false

• indulge in fantasies

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• the ability to form mental images of things or events

• the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the creation of something in the mind

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

• the ability to think and act independently

• the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)