imitation

Imitation is defined as the act of copying, or a fake or copy of something.

(noun)

An example of imitation is creating a room to look just like a room pictured in a decorator magazine.
An example of imitation is fish pieces sold as crab.

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

noun

the act of imitating
1. the result or product of imitating; artificial likeness; copy
2. a counterfeit
Biol. mimicry (sense )
Music the repetition in close succession of a theme or theme fragment in a different voice: used often as a technique of counterpoint
Philos.
1. in Platonism, the process wherein sensible objects imperfectly embody unchanging, immaterial models or archetypes
2. in Aristotelianism, artistic portrayal not as literal copying but as representation of the essential nature of something

Origin: L imitatio

adjective

made to resemble something specified, usually something superior or genuine; not real; sham; bogus: imitation leather

See imitation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or an instance of imitating.
Something derived or copied from an original.
Music
a. Repetition of a phrase or melody often with variations in key, rhythm, and voice.
b. Repetition of a theme in another voice such that each part continues polyphonously.

adjective

Made to resemble another, usually superior material: imitation fur.

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