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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



... the Inkulu's business, not yours. I am his prisoner. But if you lift your hand on me to-day so as to draw one drop of blood the Inkulu will make short work of you. The vow is upon you, and if you break it you know what happens.' And I repeated, in a fair imitation of the priest's voice, the terrible curse he had ...
— Prester John • John Buchan
... that Francis's life had been a perfect imitation of that of Jesus, Bartolommeo attempted to collect, without losing a single one, all the instances of the life of the Poverello scattered through the diverse legends still ...
— Life of St. Francis of Assisi • Paul Sabatier
... the revealed abode of spirits in beatitude—a refuge and a redemption from "this low world of care;" while Myrrha drinks in "enough of heaven," a medicament of "Sorrow and of Love," for the invigoration of "the common, heavy, human hours" of mortal existence. For a charge of "imitation," see Works of Lord Byron, 1832, xiii. 172, note I. See, too, Poetical Works, etc., 1891, p. ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron
... got to do! You've got to fight from the first whistle to the last without a let-up! You've got to remember every instant that if you don't, we are going to be beaten! You've got to make Jordan look like a base imitation before the first half is over! That's what you've got to ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour
... a pretty good imitation of beaten armies then," said Frank sarcastically, "and I had an idea that the Americans had something to do with the beating. But that's neither here nor there. What were you planning ...
— Army Boys on German Soil • Homer Randall


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