Imitation is defined as the act of copying, or a fake or copy of something.
(noun)The definition of an imitation is something that is made to look like something else.
(adjective)An example of imitation is imitation crab in a crab louie salad.
See imitation in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: L imitatio
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