| NOUN | cognition | imitation | the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations |
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| artifact | imitation | something copied or derived from an original | |
| act | imitation | copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else | |
| communication | imitation, caricature, impersonation | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | imitation, fake, false, faux, simulated | not genuine or real |
| Sounds | ih.mahtey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. | |
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| Example | "decorated with imitation palm leaves" | |
| Synonyms | fake, false, faux, simulated | |
| Broader | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
| Spanish | artificial, falsificado, falso, imitado | |
| Catalan | artificial, fals, falsejat, falsificat, imitat | |
| Meaning | The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations. | |
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| Narrower | mimesis | The imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature |
| Broader | doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism | A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
| Opposite | formalism | The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |
| Spanish | imitación | |
| Meaning | Something copied or derived from an original. | |
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| Narrower | counterfeit, forgery | A copy that is represented as the original |
| fake, sham, postiche | Something that is a counterfeit | |
| Broader | copy | A thing made to be similar or identical to another thing |
| Spanish | falsificación | |
| Catalan | falsificació | |
| Meaning | copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else. | |
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| Narrower | echo | An imitation or repetition |
| emulation | effort to equal or surpass another | |
| mimicry | The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects | |
| Broader | copying | An act of copying / copying / copying |
| Spanish | imitación | |
| Catalan | imitació | |
| Verbs | imitate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| Meaning | A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. | |
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| Synonyms | caricature, impersonation | |
| Narrower | mock-heroic | A satirical imitation of heroic verse |
| parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on | A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
| Spanish | caricatura, imitación | |
| Catalan | caricatura | |
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