IMITATIVO. CHE SA IMITARE. ARTIFICIALE. FALSO. FINTO. ONOMATOPEICO
imitative\im"i*ta*tive\ (?), a. [l. imitavitus: cf. f. imitatif.]
1. inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. formed after a model, pattern, or original. this temple, less in form, with equal grace, was imitative of the first in thrace.
3. (nat. hist.) designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. -- im"i*ta*tive*ly , adv. -- im"i*ta*tive*ness , n.
imitative \im"i*ta*tive\, n. (gram.) a verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [r.]
imitative adj
1. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: nonimitative]
2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- harry hoijer
[syn: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]
3. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
[syn: counterfeit] [ant: genuine]
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