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imitative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises.
imitative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | counterfeit |
| Derivation | imitate |
imitative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | imitate |
acting is an imitative art.
man is an imitative being.
Examples of imitative
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For de Rosnay, that's a necessary reaction to imitative trends in dance music.
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The top of the column was also square and on each side were imitative cannons.
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Motor circuits are required to encode a sensory model for imitative learning.
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Plato's attacks on poetry as imitative, secondary, and false were formative as well.
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This genius is a talent for producing ideas which can be described as non-imitative.
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Together they form a group that remains unique in a highly imitative field.
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The nation's new crop of critics were more scholastic and often imitative.
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Bubbles and anti-bubbles are traits of herding and imitative behaviour, Sornette says.
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His highly imitative flies are essential in a sport that relies primarily on deception.
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- Marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
- Echoic: (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
- Counterfeit: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
- Imitating; copying; not original; Modelled after another thing
- When material from one line is repeated shortly thereafter in another line.
- The repetition of a phrase, usually at a different pitch
