a result or product of imitating.

the act of imitating.

a counterfeit; copy.

a literary composition that imitates the manner or subject of another author or work.

Biology . mimicry.

Psychology . the performance of an act whose stimulus is the observation of the act performed by another person.

Sociology . the copying of patterns of activity and thought of other groups or individuals.

Art .

(in Aristotelian aesthetics) the representation of an object or an action as it ought to be.

the representation of actuality in art or literature.

Music . the repetition of a melodic phrase at a different pitch or key from the original or in a different voice part.

designed to imitate a genuine or superior article or thing

imitation leather.

Jewelry . noting an artificial gem no part of which is of the true gemstone. Compare assembled , synthetic ( def. 5 ) .

noun

difference , opposite , original , reverse

noun

apery , aping , carbon copy , clone , copy , counterfeit , counterfeiting , counterpart , ditto * , dupe * , duplicate , duplication , echoing , ersatz * , fake , forgery , image , impersonation , impression , likeness , match , matching , mime , mimicry , mirroring , mockery , parallel , paralleling , paraphrasing , parody , parroting , patterning , phony , picture , reflection , replica , representing , reproduction , resemblance , ringer , semblance , sham * , simulacrum , takeoff * , transcription , travesty , xerox * , reflex , repetition , ersatz , pinchbeck , simulation , burlesque , caricature , emulation , lampoon , mimesis , onomatopoea , pasticcio , pastiche , postiche , pretense , sequacity , sham , spoof , spurious , substitute , substitution , synthetic

adjective

manmade , mock , simulated , synthetic