Imitative - Definition

imitative

adj 1: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative
art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: nonimitative]
2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was
independently developed in more than one place as an
onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic,
imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical,
onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]
3: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit
emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a
counterfeit prince" [syn: counterfeit, imitative] [ant:
echt, genuine]

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