Imitation
[ɪmɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪmɪ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else.
(noun.) something copied or derived from an original.
(noun.) the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations.
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Definition
(n.) The act of imitating.
(n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
(n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
(n.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Copying, imitating.[2]. Copy, resemblance, likeness.[3]. Mimicry, mocking.[4]. Parody, travesty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See IMITATE]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of imitations, means that persons are working to deceive you. For a young woman to dream some one is imitating her lover or herself, foretells she will be imposed upon, and will suffer for the faults of others.
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Examples
- It was a tawdry and ill-conceived imitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In modern times we should say that art is not merely imitation, but rather the expression of the ideal in forms of sense. Plato. The Republic.
- It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To make imitation maple syrup simply boil the syrup until it is reduced back to sugar again, and when it is made properly the flavor and appearance of the genuine article is obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And this is equally true of imitation; no one man can imitate many things as well as he would imitate a single one? Plato. The Republic.
- In educating the youth of both sexes, their method is admirable, and highly deserves our imitation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He made all manner of gestures while he spoke, as if in incidental imitation of some few of the great diversity of signals that he had never seen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And this assimilation of himself to another, either by the use of voice or gesture, is the imitation of the person whose character he assumes? Plato. The Republic.
- Idiots are especially apt at this kind of imitation; it affects outward acts but not the meaning of their performance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Imitation may come in but its role is subordinate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And narration may be either simple narration, or imitation, or a union of the two? Plato. The Republic.
- Imitation and custom are not sufficient. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The division of the soul throws a new light on our exclusion of imitation. Plato. The Republic.
- Then he will no more have true opinion than he will have knowledge about the goodness or badness of his imitations? Plato. The Republic.
- It is an astonishing fact that nine-tenths of the so-called maple sugar and maple syrup sold as the genuine articles are nothing more than clever imitations. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Neither are comic and tragic actors the same; yet all these things are but imitations. Plato. The Republic.
- The pearl is not produced synthetically, but many imitations exist. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This Pergamum bequest, astonishing in itself, had the still more astonishing result of producing imitations in other quarters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But of what sort of lives they are severally the imitations I am unable to say. Plato. The Republic.
- For, as we may be allowed to say, a little parodying the words of Plato, 'they have seen bad imitations of the philosopher-statesman. Plato. The Republic.
- Manufactures introduced in this manner are generally employed upon foreign materials, being imitations of foreign manufactures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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