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imitative definition
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Grep of noun imitative electronic imitative deception imitative electronic deception Overview of adj imitative The adj imitative has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) imitative -- (marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being") 2. echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic -- ((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) 3. counterfeit, imitative -- (not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince") Antonyms of adj imitative 3 senses of imitative Sense 1 imitative (vs. nonimitative) nonimitative (vs. imitative) Sense 2 echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic Sense 3 counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative Similarity of adj imitative 3 senses of imitative Sense 1 imitative (vs. nonimitative) => apish, apelike => mimetic => mimic => parrotlike => simulated Sense 2 echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic Sense 3 counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative => assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on sham => bad forged => base => bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard => inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious => mock => ostensible, ostensive => pinchbeck => pseudo => synthetic Also See-> artificial#1, unreal#3; false#1; insincere#1; unreal#1 Attributes of adj imitative Familiarity of adj imitative imitative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj imitative imitative nonimitative Overview of adj imitative The adj imitative has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) imitative -- (marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being") 2. echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic -- ((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) 3. counterfeit, imitative -- (not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince")
imitative definition
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