"imitative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more imitative [comparative], most imitative [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin imitātīvus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|imitātīvus}} Latin imitātīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} imitative (comparative more imitative, superlative most imitative)
  1. Imitating; copying; not original. Translations (imitating, not original): имитиращ (imitirašt) (Bulgarian), подражаващ (podražavašt) (Bulgarian), hermi- (Icelandic), aithriseach (Irish), 模倣的な (mohōteki na) (Japanese), 二番煎じの (nibansenji no) (Japanese), imitativus (Latin), odtwórczy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-imitative-en-adj-4xbpP1YR Disambiguation of 'imitating, not original': 97 3
  2. Modelled after another thing.
    Sense id: en-imitative-en-adj-PbYDKhVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: epigonic, copycat, derivative, emulative, imitative, mimical [rare], unoriginal Hyponyms: formulaic, mimetic, echoic, onomatopoeial, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic Derived forms: imitative harmony, imitatively, unimitative Related terms: imitable

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "imitating, not original",
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      "sense": "imitating, not original",
      "word": "imitativus"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imitating, not original",
      "word": "odtwórczy"
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