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Meaning of 'imitative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Imitative [ a.]
- Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
- Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
- Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
2 . Imitative [ n.]
- A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.

Meaning of 'imitative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . imitative [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not genuine; imitating something superior
Example in sentence:
  • a counterfeit prince;
  • counterfeit emotion;
  • counterfeit money;
  • counterfeit works of art
Meaning (2):
- marked by or given to imitation
Example in sentence:
  • acting is an imitative art;
  • man is an imitative being
Meaning (3):
- (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
Example in sentence:
  • it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term;
  • onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises

Nearby Words:

imide imido imitability imitable imitableness imitancy imitate imitated imitater imitating

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