imitation
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noun
1. the action of using someone or something as a model:
(人の行動などを)見習うこと; 模倣
e.g. a child learns to speak by imitation.
an act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect:
(笑わせるために)まねすること; 人, 物まね
e.g. he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent.
Music the repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch.
〘楽〙 模倣部
2. a thing intended to simulate or copy something else:
模倣, 模写したもの; 模造品, 偽造品
e.g. as modifier : an imitation diamond.
PHRASES
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
proverb copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate).