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   Im·i·ta·tion

   /ˌiməˈtāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of using someone or something as a model: "a child learns to speak by imitation" Similar emulationcopyingfollowingechoingparroting
   • ▪ an act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect: "he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent" Similar impersonationimpressionparodymockerycaricatureburlesquetravestylampoonpastichemimicrymimickingimitatingapingmockinginformal:senduptakeoffspoof
   • ▪ the repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch.
   • 2. a thing intended to simulate or copy something else: "an imitation diamond" Similar copysimulationreproductionreplicacounterfeitforgeryfake

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate).

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