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Definition of Imitative
1. Adjective. Marked by or given to imitation. "Man is an imitative being"
Derivative terms: Imitate
Antonyms: Nonimitative
2. Adjective. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. "It was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"
Antonyms: Nonechoic
Derivative terms: Onomatopoeia, Onomatopoeia
3. Adjective. Not genuine; imitating something superior. "A counterfeit prince"
Similar to: Assumed, False, Fictitious, Fictive, Pretended, Put On, Sham, Bad, Forged, Base, Bastard, Bogus, Fake, Phoney, Phony, Inauthentic, Spurious, Unauthentic, Mock, Ostensible, Ostensive, Pinchbeck, Pseudo, Synthetic
Also: Artificial, Unreal, Unreal, Insincere, False
Antonyms: Genuine
Derivative terms: Imitate
Definition of Imitative
1. a. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. n. A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
Definition of Imitative
1. Adjective. Imitating; copying; not original. ¹
2. Adjective. Modelled after another thing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imitative
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Imitative
1. 1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art. 2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original. "This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace." (Dryden) 3. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colours; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. Im"itatively, Im"itativeness. Origin: L. Imitavitus: cf. F. Imitatif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imitative
Literary usage of Imitative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"imitative Movements. The results show that the Kemble picture was ... Of the
sixty students all but nine report that they felt distinct imitative impulses. ..."
2. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1898)
"imitative MOVEMENTS. To determine as exactly as possible the date of the first
imitative acts is of especial interest in regard to the genesis of mind, ..."
3. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"CHAPTER XIV THE ART OF ACTING Is Acting a Dependent, imitative Art, or Is It
Creative?—Two Insignificant Plays, Rip Fan Winkle and The Music Master, ..."
4. The Mind of the Child: ... Observations Concerning the Mental Development of by William T. Preyer, Henry W.. Brown (1890)
"imitative MOVEMENTS. To determine as exactly as possible the date of the first
imitative acts is of especial interest in regard to the genesis of mind, ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"sound of the cry of this kind of bird introduces an r into the imitative syllable,
and we use the verb to croak to designate their cry, ..."
6. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"... to Indian tribes still occupying their old hunting grounds, the critical
observer can scarcely overlook many peculiar manifestations of imitative skill. ..."
7. Psychology for Normal Schools by Lawrence Augustus Averill (1921)
"The imitative Response What to look for in the observation period: 1. Exactly what
part, if any, conscious imitation plays in the lesson. ..."
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