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(adjective) marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" |
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Antonyms: nonimitative |
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(adjective) not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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Synonyms: counterfeit |
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(adjective) (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 |
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Synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
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