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imitation

Dictionary definition · imitation

noun

  1. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
  2. something copied or derived from an original
  3. copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
  4. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

adjective

  1. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article"it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).