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Imitation   /ˌɪmətˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Imitation

noun
1.
The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations.
2.
Something copied or derived from an original.
3.
Copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else.
4.
A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.  Synonyms: caricature, impersonation.
adjective
1.
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.  Synonyms: fake, false, faux, simulated.  "Faux pearls" , "False teeth" , "Decorated with imitation palm leaves" , "A purse of simulated alligator hide"



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"Imitation" Quotes from Famous Books



... enjoyed a visit to the palace of the Luxembourg. This edifice was begun in the sixteenth century, and the present palace was chiefly built early in the next one, by Marie de Medicis, in imitation of one at Florence. Bonaparte used it when chief consul. The old senate held its sessions there till its dissolution, in 1814. I never saw a building whose proportions appeared to me so elegant. The court is a parallelogram of three hundred and sixty by three hundred feet. The front consists ...
— Young Americans Abroad - Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, - Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland • Various

... with their best imitation of gallantry, to the Princess Maria Theresa of Aragon. Nita, standing in the vestibule, sent a melting glance at the faithful Jim, who stumbled over the treacherous ...
— The Ghost Breaker - A Novel Based Upon the Play • Charles Goddard

... from the table, and lounged to the door. The Doctor put his hands in his pockets and followed him. The young man, as if in unconscious imitation, had put HIS hands in his pockets also, and ...
— Maruja • Bret Harte

... But the whole order of friars, renouncing worldly objects, devote themselves to the imitation of the seventy disciples in Scripture, who were sent out by two and ...
— The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters • Sue Petigru Bowen

... engravings,—Landseer's stags and the inevitable Queen Louise. Yet through the open arch, in a pleasant study, one could see a good Zorn, a Venom portrait, and some prints. This nook, formerly the library, had been given over to the energetic Miss Hitchcock. It was done in Shereton,—imitation, but good imitation. From this vantage point the younger generation planned an extended attack ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick


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