imitation

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not genuine or real

   being an imitation of the genuine article

2. 2
   noun

   The act of imitating.

   a pale imitation

3. 3
   noun

   A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

   imitation leather

4. 4
   noun

   copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

5. 5
   noun

   something copied or derived from an original

6. 6
   noun

   the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

7. 7
   noun

   a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Etymology

From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.