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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplicate, imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon, carbon copy, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, effigy, ersatz, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | original, origination, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reduplication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon copy, carbon, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, duplicate, ectype, effigy, ersatz*, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon copy, carbon, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, duplicate, ectype, effigy, ersatz*, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reduplication, reflection, replica, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simulacre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon copy, carbon, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, duplicate, ectype, effigy, ersatz*, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reduplication, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simulacrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon copy, carbon, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, duplicate, ectype, effigy, ersatz*, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reduplication, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | imitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | [Result of imitation.] Copy. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
copy, facsimile, xerox, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, similitude, semblance, cast, tracing, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait (representment); resemblance., duplicate; transcript, transcription; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo; recording, scan; chip off the old block; reprint, reproduction; second edition (repetition); rechauffe; apograph, fair copy, revise., parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase., [copy with some differences] derivative, modification, expansion, extension., servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake (deception); pasticcio.
-adjectives
faithful; lifelike (similar); close, conscientious., unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
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| Antonyms: | prototype |
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| Concept: | Imitation. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
imitation; copying; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint., mockery, mimiery; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation; semblance; copy; assimilation., paraphrase, parody., plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit (falsehood); celluloid., imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime; copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.
-verbs
imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel., mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act (drama); represent. [more]; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, burlesque., follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
-adjectives
imitated; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on., paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish, mimicking.
-adverbs
literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot; exactly, precisely.
-phrases
like master like man; "like -- but oh! how different!" [Wordsworth]; " genius borrows nobly " [Emerson]; pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks " [A. Coles]; "quotation confesses inferiority" [Emerson].
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| Antonyms: | nonimitation |
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