imitation
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3.0
- noun
- /ˌɪməˈteɪʃən/
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imitación
- - Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
- imitation and repetition
- imitation of models
- observation and imitation
However, as you said, I have an instinct for imitation.
- However, as you said, I have an instinct for imitation.
- OK, so I got sent this card and like a bunch of beauty blenders and it says, they say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
- Because when I first, when I first heard it, like I said, if it sounds like that person to your ear, that's a real good imitation.
- Conceived in conscious imitation of the Roman legions, eagle standard soldiers regarded these totems with reverence and devotion.
- I believe that spontaneous imitation is in fact the most sincere form of alignment, and in this game it's not a winning strategy.
- It means there's something about the way they are that compels imitation, another instinct or inspires respect or awe even.
- But if anything, imitation is the best.
- Yes, he he completely understand what he doing, but he's set up problem of imitation.
Examples
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Many animal species use imitation as a way to learn essential survival behaviors.
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Painting oscillates perpetually between invention and imitation: sometimes it copies and sometimes it imagines.
Academic text (2013) -
Was that supposed to be an imitation of me?
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The second is through imitation, and that is the easiest.
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A priest should act in imitation of Christ.
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His son lay under it, hands crossed over his chest in imitation of the dead.
Fiction book (2000) -
Every moment in the ascetic's life offered an occasion for the imitation of Christ.
Academic text (2008) -
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Kramer.
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Children often learn social skills through imitation of their peers.
Synonyms
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3.2
A thing that repeats an idea or style from something earlier
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5.7
An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people
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4.6
Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people
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6.0
Acting like another person to copy their style or behavior
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9.9
Making art that copies real life or someone's words
Copying the ideas, style, or behavior of someone else
To pretend to be another person by copying how they act, usually to trick or entertain
Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them
Antonyms
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Imitation comes from the Latin word imitari, which means 'to copy' and is the same root as imitate. So, an imitation is the act of copying another person's behaviour, style, or actions.