imitation.

1. Copying another person's actions, style, or a thing's appearance.

2. An object made to resemble something else without being the original or genuine material.

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Words that belong together

• imitation of behavior
• skilled imitation

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Children learned the sequence through imitation.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular imitation; plural imitations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.