imitative
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imitative
Where it comes from
From Latin imitātīvus.
adjective more imitative · most imitative
- Imitating; copying; not original. It’s ironic that a movie so adventurous in its thinking should prove so imitative and pedestrian in its plotting, but that’s what we have in “M3GAN 2.0.”
- Modelled after another thing.
- sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic
Similar: epigonic, copycat, derivative, emulative, imitative, mimical, unoriginal · Opposite: creative, inventive, original, innovative, nonimitative, nonmimetic
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adjective
Similar: epigonic, copycat, derivative, emulative, imitative, mimical, unoriginal · Opposite: creative, inventive, original, innovative, nonimitative, nonmimetic
Translations
Talk about this word "imitative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/imitative. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. imitative. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/imitative "imitative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/imitative.Cite this
@misc{imitative_2026,
title = {imitative},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imitative},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
