Imitative
21imitative magic — noun : magic based on the assumption that a desired result (as rain, the death of an enemy) can be brought about or assured by mimicking it called also homeopathic magic; compare sympathetic magic * * * magic that attempts to control the universe …
22imitative — imitatively, adv. imitativeness, n. /im i tay tiv/, adj. 1. imitating; copying; given to imitation. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by imitation. 3. Biol. mimetic. 4. made in imitation of something; counterfeit. 5. onomatopoeic. [1575 85;… …
23imitative — adjective a) Imitating; copying; not original. b) Modelled after another thing …
24imitative — Synonyms and related words: apish, battological, delineatory, depictive, duplicative, echoic, echoing, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, incarnating, iterative, limning, mimetic, mimic, mimish,… …
25imitative — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Copying] Syn. mimicking, copying, reflecting, echoic; see mimetic . 2. [Counterfeit] Syn. forged, sham, deceptive; see false 2 , 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Copying another in an inferior or obsequious way …
26imitative — im|i|ta|tive [ ımı,teıtıv ] adjective FORMAL copying someone or something else …
27imitative — im·i·ta·tive || ɪmɪteɪtɪv / tÉ™tɪv adj. mimicking, copying, tending to imitate; of or pertaining to imitation; counterfeit; made to look like something or someone …
28imitative — [ ɪmɪtətɪv] adjective 1》 following a model. 2》 (of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob). Derivatives imitatively… …
29imitative — a. 1. Imitating, copying. 2. Mimicking, aping, apish …
30imitative — adjective formal copying someone or something, especially in a way that shows you do not have any ideas of your own imitatively adverb imitativeness noun (U) …
