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imitation

noun
/ɪmɪˈteɪʃn̩/US

Etymology

From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.

  1. derived from imitatio
  2. derived from imitacion
  3. derived from imitacion
  4. inherited from imitacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of imitating.

    • a pale imitation
    • a realistic imitation
    • in imitation of

  2. A copy or simulation

    A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

    • imitation leather

The neighborhood

Derived

autoimitation, counterimitation, imitational, imitation game, imitationism, imitationist, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, imitation lace, imitation vanilla, non-imitation, overimitation, self-imitation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imitation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imitation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at imitation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA