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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simulation, substitution |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, apery, aping, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterpart, ditto*, dupe*, duplicate, duplication, echoing, ersatz*, fake, forgery, image, impersonation, impression, likeness, match, matching, mime, mimesis, mimicry, mirroring, mockery, parallel, paralleling, paraphrasing, parody, parroting, patterning, phony, picture, reflection, replica, representing, reproduction, resemblance, ringer, semblance, sham*, simulacrum, takeoff, transcription, travesty |
| Antonyms: | difference, opposite, original, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Imitation. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
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-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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