Associations to the word «Imitative»

Wiktionary

IMITATIVE, adjective. Imitating; copying; not original.
IMITATIVE, adjective. Modelled after another thing.
IMITATIVE HARMONY, noun. Onomatopoeia.

Dictionary definition

IMITATIVE, adjective. Marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being".
IMITATIVE, adjective. (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.
IMITATIVE, adjective. Not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince".

Wise words

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