mimicry (the act or ability to simulate the appearance or behaviour of someone or something else) · charades (a game in which each player acts out a word or phrase for the others to guess)
köken: From French pantomime, Italian pantomimo, German Pantomime, Russian пантоми́ма (pantomíma), all from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos).