What is the meaning of imitative?

Marked by or given to imitation.
- usage: "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
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
- synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Not genuine; imitating something superior.
- usage: "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
- synonyms: counterfeit

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