Imitative

Word IMITATIVE
Character 9
Hyphenation im i ta tive
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Imitative"

What do we mean by imitative?

Of or involving imitation. adjective

Not original; derivative. adjective

Tending to imitate. adjective

Onomatopoeic. adjective

Imitating or inclined to imitate or copy.

Aiming at imitation; exhibiting or designed to exhibit an imitation of a pattern or model.

Formed after or presenting a similitude of a model, pattern, or original.

A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. noun

Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original adjective

Formed after a model, pattern, or original. adjective

Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance to something else adjective

Imitating; copying; not original. adjective

Modelled after another thing. adjective

Marked by or given to imitation adjective

(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound adjective

Not genuine; imitating something superior adjective

Imitating; copying; not original.

Modelled after another thing.

Imitation .. Sincerest form of flattery .. Nice new motor SB …. Wow just wow … Nice to see you bright and early this morning … … … Urban Dictionary

Someone who assumes the identity of another, possibly to damage their image. Urban Dictionary

Someone that never quit putting the shit you had in your room as a kid in their room as an adult. Urban Dictionary

Someone who goes around trying to reject people, to show them the pain of rejection they feel everyday. Urban Dictionary

To imitate is to pretend that you're copying said person you're imitating. Imitation is a form of copying and pretending to copy. Urban Dictionary

The Imitator is that very one in a kind, outstanding part of a bunch, who progressively develops an natural born skill to imitate the regular dancers or audience dancers at a disco or club, either each and every member of his close circle. Even long time passed, he/she still is able to reproduce their figures and main movements with a superb accuracy. However, no one can or has the least clue to imitate The Imitator. Hence the moto: It is impossible to imitate The Imitator. Coined in Ibiza 2020. Urban Dictionary

The most obviously form of laziness according to Bears Legend Tom Waddle Urban Dictionary

A habitual copycat, one without an original bone in their body. Urban Dictionary

The white kids you see in rich towns wearing flat-brimmed baseball caps and listening to rap, while speaking like all the "gangster" black people they see on TV. Most have never seen a black person in real life. Urban Dictionary

Inoying Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Imitative

The word "imitative" in example sentences

He was even vexed at what I translated by the term imitative harmony. ❋ Niecks, Frederick (1888)

“Let's designate this to be what we call the imitative art [mimêtikon]”; everything else in the large genus can go by some other name (267a). ❋ Pappas, Nickolas (2008)

“calloo-calloo” — a mimetic term imitative of the most frequent notes of the bird. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The so-called imitative status of PIE *pneu- to s... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Paleoglot: The so-called imitative status of PIE *pneu- "to sneeze" ❋ Unknown (2008)

The types of techne that most resemble our modern concept of art are those that are “mimetic” or imitative, that is, that reproduce the look of an object or that express an idea in narrative or drama. ❋ Korsmeyer, Carolyn (2008)

The so-called imitative status of PIE *pneu- "to sneeze" ❋ Unknown (2008)

Poets working in what Plato called the imitative poetic media, epic and tragedy, were of course unable to reply in kind (though some passages of tragic lyric reflect a critical reaction to current philosophical speculation), but Pindar complained that the natural philosophers (tous physiologous) were 'harvesting the fruit of wisdom unripe.' ❋ Knox, Bernard (1986)

Even when the Brussels influence was most direct the flowers and sprays were placed inartistically, while the scroll copies of the early Flemish schools can only be termed the imitative handiwork of a child. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

A variant of linguistic associationism is the imitative, that is to say, the theory of the onomatopoeia, which the same philologists deride under the name of the "bow-wow" theory, after the imitation of the dog's bark, which, according to the onomatopoeists, gives its name to the dog. ❋ Benedetto Croce (1909)

Among those birds of North Queensland jungles which have marked individualistic characters is that known as the koel cuckoo, which the blacks of some localities have named "calloo-calloo" -- a mimetic term imitative of the most frequent notes of the bird. ❋ Unknown (1887)

That is a belief in what is also called imitative magic: things that resemble each other have similar powers. ❋ By JOHN TIERNEY (2011)

As they admitted no image of any thing in heaven or in earth, they consequently rejected the use of all those arts called imitative, and which supply so large a portion of the more refined enjoyment characteristic of civilized nations. ❋ Michael Russell (1814)

Hence they may also be termed imitative or imaginative. ❋ Washington Allston (1811)

An unsavory blend of psychedelic and post rock, this album has some good moments, but most of it falls into one of two categories: It can either be called imitative of Pink Floyd (almost to the point of plagiarism), or it can be regarded as some of the most boring, sleep-inducing stuff ever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I recall from the 70s this kind of imitative charisma, a deceptive show of desire to be accepted by what is perceived as power. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

Imitation … not just the art .. [Inspiration] from [multi] [sources] … ❋ LetsTalkAboutX (2023)

[my definition] number [646] - [Creed], performed by a 14 year old with no friends who uses gaytalk ❋ Gumba Gumba (2004)

[The bubbly] girl put [glow in the dark] stars in her room like her brother had as a kid, thinking that she wouldn't end up by herself if [she did that]. She thought that glow in the dark stars made somebody a likeable person. Imitation was what drove all the other things in her life that money couldn't buy and power couldn't intimidate, it always had been. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)

The [imitation] got rejected so much of her life that she began to [reject] other people. She got bullied so much of her life, that she went out and got badass [tattoos] and tried to bully other people. ❋ Solid Mantis (2020)

I'm not [copying] OR [imitating] you! Imitate, [pshh]... I never do that! ❋ Tsunxmi (2018)

The [Imitator] is that very one in a kind, outstanding part of a bunch, who progressively develops an innate skill to imitate the regular dancers or audience dancers at a disco or club, either each and every member of his close circle. Even long time passed, he/she still is able to reproduce their figures and main movements with a superb accuracy. However, no one can or has the least clue to imitate The Imitator. Hence the [moto]: “(It is impossible to imitate) The Imitator.” Coined in [Ibiza] 2020. Where dance floors have been in close [comit]é and most faces became familiar. ❋ Jay C Gil (2020)

[David] [Kaplan] (imitation) ❋ TommyWaddleHOF (2017)

Guy: I got [a parking ticket] today, [so there's that]. Girl: Stop saying "[So there's that]"! That's my phrase! You're such an Imitator Jackson! ❋ Big Little Mama Bear Sue (2011)

the white kid who dated the asian [kid's] sister in the movie "[Gran Torino]" was an [imitation nigger] ❋ Puffincat (2009)

imitate [don’t] [di] ❋ Lapland (2018)

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