Imitative
adjective
Copying or following a model or example.
The child's drawing was imitative of his favorite cartoon character
Often appears as...
- imitative behavior
- imitative art
adjective
Relating to or characterized by imitation.
Imitative techniques are often used in art to replicate real-life objects
Often appears as...
- imitative style
- imitative method
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Academic
noun
A word or phrase that sounds like what it represents.
In English, examples of imitative include 'buzz' for the sound a bee makes
Often appears as...
- imitative language
- imitative sounds
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Copying or following a model or example.
The child's drawing was imitative of his favorite cartoon character
Often appears as...
- imitative behavior
- imitative art
adjective
Relating to or characterized by imitation.
Imitative techniques are often used in art to replicate real-life objects
Often appears as...
- imitative style
- imitative method
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A word or phrase that sounds like what it represents.
In English, examples of imitative include 'buzz' for the sound a bee makes
Often appears as...
- imitative language
- imitative sounds
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation in Learning
Describes how one learns by observing and replicating others' actions or works.
Children often engage in imitative play to understand the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Original
Highlights the lack of originality, where creations closely resemble the source.
Some critics dismiss imitative art for lacking creativity.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Technique
Useful for mastering skills by mirroring experts' methods or strategies.
Many language learners use imitative practice by shadowing native speakers.
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation in Learning
Describes how one learns by observing and replicating others' actions or works.
Children often engage in imitative play to understand the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Original
Highlights the lack of originality, where creations closely resemble the source.
Some critics dismiss imitative art for lacking creativity.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Technique
Useful for mastering skills by mirroring experts' methods or strategies.
Many language learners use imitative practice by shadowing native speakers.
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation in Learning
Describes how one learns by observing and replicating others' actions or works.
Children often engage in imitative play to understand the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Original
Highlights the lack of originality, where creations closely resemble the source.
Some critics dismiss imitative art for lacking creativity.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Technique
Useful for mastering skills by mirroring experts' methods or strategies.
Many language learners use imitative practice by shadowing native speakers.
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The surprising science...
and nature the people who looked out the brick wall were in the hospital longer needed more medication and had more medical complications there's something very restorative about nature nets and it's part of how we are tuned humans particularly so we're very imitative creatures and we imitate from almost a
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Nora The Piano Playing...
delights the people around her cats learn by watching and that that's the reason we have the word copycat in our language I mean cats really do copy behavior and associative learning and that requires a little bit more smarts the fact that she's she's learned this imitative behavior very quickly on one
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How do daily habits lead...
it turns out. So any time we see an attack on the news, we tend to ask one Why? Why did that happen? Well, I can tell you I've read thousands of manifestos, and what you find out is that they are actually imitative.
Video examples
The surprising science...
and nature the people who looked out the brick wall were in the hospital longer needed more medication and had more medical complications there's something very restorative about nature nets and it's part of how we are tuned humans particularly so we're very imitative creatures and we imitate from almost a
Video examples
Nora The Piano Playing...
delights the people around her cats learn by watching and that that's the reason we have the word copycat in our language I mean cats really do copy behavior and associative learning and that requires a little bit more smarts the fact that she's she's learned this imitative behavior very quickly on one
Video examples
How do daily habits lead...
it turns out. So any time we see an attack on the news, we tend to ask one Why? Why did that happen? Well, I can tell you I've read thousands of manifestos, and what you find out is that they are actually imitative.
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Quote examples
Madison Smartt Bell
American Novelist
John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted droning guitar instrumentals, which I listened to heavily in my teens and twenties; I even produced an hour or so of banjo music in an imitative John Fahey style.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In raising children, we need to continuously keep in mind how we can best create the most favorable environment for their imitative behavior. Everything done in the past regarding imitation must become more and more conscious and more and more consciously connected with the future.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Britain's unique success as an industrialised nation-state prompted strong imitative endeavours not only across Europe, but also in Asia. Now many people, who were once humiliated into a sense of nationality by British rule, loom larger than their former masters.
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Ivan Reitman
Canadian Actor
I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.
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John Hockenberry
American Journalist
An object imbued with intent - it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent - it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away.
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Tim Blake Nelson
American Director
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.
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George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
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Henry Flynt
American Artist
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms.
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Mary McCarthy
American Author
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
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Madison Smartt Bell
American Novelist
John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted droning guitar instrumentals, which I listened to heavily in my teens and twenties; I even produced an hour or so of banjo music in an imitative John Fahey style.
Quote examples
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In raising children, we need to continuously keep in mind how we can best create the most favorable environment for their imitative behavior. Everything done in the past regarding imitation must become more and more conscious and more and more consciously connected with the future.
Quote examples
Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Britain's unique success as an industrialised nation-state prompted strong imitative endeavours not only across Europe, but also in Asia. Now many people, who were once humiliated into a sense of nationality by British rule, loom larger than their former masters.
Quote examples
Ivan Reitman
Canadian Actor
I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.
Quote examples
John Hockenberry
American Journalist
An object imbued with intent - it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent - it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away.
Quote examples
Tim Blake Nelson
American Director
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.
Quote examples
George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
Quote examples
Henry Flynt
American Artist
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms.
Quote examples
Mary McCarthy
American Author
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.
Quote examples
Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
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