Imitative word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "imitative" word

[adjective] not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
[adjective] marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
[adjective] (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer

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\Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.] 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. (Nat. Hist.) 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 colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.
\Im"i*ta*tive\, n. (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

Synonyms for imitative

apelike, apish, assumed, bad, base, bastard, bogus, counterfeit, echoic, fake, false, fictitious, fictive, forged, inauthentic, mimetic, mimic, mock, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, ostensible, ostensive, parrotlike, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, pretended, pseudo, put on, sham, simulated, spurious, synthetic, unauthentic

Antonyms: echt, genuine, nonechoic, nonimitative

See also: artificial | insincere | unreal |

Related terms: apish, battological, delineatory, depictive, duplicative, echoic, echoing, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, incarnating, iterative, limning, mimetic, mimic, mimish, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, parrotlike, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, recapitulative, redundant, reduplicative, reechoing, reiterant, reiterative, repeating, repetitional, repetitive, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, tautological, tautologous, typifying, vivid

The fun area, different aproach to word »imitative«

Let's analyse "imitative" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 55.6% of vowels is 17% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVITATIMI. Average typing speed for these characters is 2475 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .. -- .. - .- - .. ...- .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: imitative: 9 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 5 = 33, reduced: 33 . and the final result is Thirty-Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: imitative: 9 + 4 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 45, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (3)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
V (1)	22	Fool	Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish

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