imitativeness (noun)

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• imitativeness — noun see imitative * * * imˈitātiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑imitate …   Useful english dictionary

• imitativeness — noun see imitative …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• imitativeness — noun the state of being imitative; imitation …   Wiktionary

• imitative — adjective Date: 1584 1. a. marked by imitation < acting is an imitative art > b. reproducing or representing a natural sound ; onomatopoeic < “hiss” is an imitative word > c. exhibiting mimicry 2. inclined to imitate 3. imitating something super …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• imitative — [ ɪmɪtətɪv] adjective 1》 following a model. 2》 (of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob). Derivatives imitatively… …   English new terms dictionary

• imitative — adjective formal copying someone or something, especially in a way that shows you do not have any ideas of your own imitatively adverb imitativeness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• imitative — /ˈɪmətətɪv/ (say imuhtuhtiv) adjective 1. imitating or copying, or given to imitating. 2. characterised by or involving imitation or copying. 3. Biology → mimetic. 4. made in imitation of something. 5. onomatopoeic. –imitatively, adverb… …  

• originality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. creativity, creativeness, inventiveness, innovation, invention, ingenuity, ingeniousness, conception, realization, authenticity, novelty, freshness, nonconformity, newness, modernity, individuality, brilliance, intellectual …   English dictionary for students

• imitancy — ˈiməd.ənsē, mətə , si noun ( es) Etymology: imitate + ancy : tendency to imitation : imitativeness …   Useful english dictionary