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| Main Entry: |
imitative
 [im-i-tey-tiv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simulated, unoriginal |
| Synonyms: | artful, copied, copycat, copying, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, echoic, emulative, emulous, following, forged, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrot, plagiarized, pseudo*, put-on, reflecting, reflective, secondhand, sham*, simulant |
| Antonyms: | different, genuine, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onomatopoeic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | echoic |
| Synonyms: | copying, imitative, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, onomatopoetic, parrot |
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Example Sentences
- For caricature to exist in the first place there has to be a tradition of mimetic realism in place.
- Others use the mimetic aspects artfully and persuasively.
- It seemed to me that the novel had at its core a dense mimetic and linguistic tissue that could never point outside itself.
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