copycat
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copycat
- /kɑpiˈkæt/ US
Where it comes from
Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”).
noun copycats · copy cat · copy-cat
- One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others. And in it all they are merely copy-cats—servile followers of the aristocratic creed, but without the genuine prestige of the old-time nobilities.
- A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has recently been committed by someone else. a copycat strangler
adjective more copycat · most copycat · copy cat · copy-cat
- Imitative; unoriginal. copycat crime
verb copycats · copycatting · copycatted · copy cat · copy-cat
- To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way. Because beasts don't talk with words, they talk with sounds, and I copycatted my language from beasts and birds[…]
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noun one who imitates or plagiarizes others' work
| Español | copión, copiona, copiota |
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| 한국어 | 모방자 mobangja |
| 中文 | 抄襲狗 /抄袭狗 chāoxí gǒu, 山寨 shānzhài |
| Português | copião, copiona, imitador, imitadora |
| Français | copycat, imitateur, copieur, faussaire |
| Deutsch | Nachahmer, Nachäffer, Nachmacher, Imitator |
| Русский | имита́тор imitátor, подража́тель podražátelʹ |
| العربية | مُقَلِّد muqallid |
verb to copy in a derivative way
| Deutsch | abklatschen, abkupfern |
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Talk about this word "copycat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/copycat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. copycat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/copycat "copycat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/copycat.Cite this
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title = {copycat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copycat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
