imitative

adj — 3 senses

imitative

adj

Etymology From Latin imitātīvus.

1

Imitating; copying; not original.

2

Modelled after another thing.

3

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

Synonyms: epigonic, copycat, derivative, emulative, imitative, mimical, unoriginal
Antonyms: creative, inventive, original, innovative, nonimitative, nonmimetic
Derived terms: counterimitative, imitative harmony, imitatively, imitativeness, nonimitative, overimitative, preimitative, unimitative
Related terms: imitable
Hyponyms: formulaic, mimetic, echoic, onomatopoeial, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic

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