c. 1400, "emulation; act of copying," from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitationem (nominative imitatio) "a copying, imitation," noun of action from past participle stem of im [..]

fake: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls& [..]

n. That which is made as a likeness or copy.

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An act that occurs when an animal immediately copies the actions of another animal while they are in each other's presence. immediate hypersensitivity

To dream of imitations, means that persons are working to deceive you. For a young woman to dream some one is imitating her lover or herself, foretells she will be imposed upon, and will suffer for the faults of others.   

(n) the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations(n) something copied or derived from an original(n) copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone el [..]

a theme or melody which appears consecutively in different parts in contrapuntal texture.

[1,2] one or more voices answering an initial statement by repeating a line; often occurs in imitative counterpoint

Similar melodic material used in dialogue between parts at a different pitch.

The successive repetition in different voices of a single musical idea.

Closely following repetition of a melody or phrase by different voices; called “strict” if exact, “free” if slightly changed.

"intentional behavior that aims to reproduce the intentional behavior of others" (Michael Tomasello).

An observer repeats the action that is performed by a model. For example, a

Behavior that duplicates some properties of the behavior of a model. In-dtation need not involve the matching of stimulus features (e.g., when one child imitates the raised hand of another, the felt p [..]

The behavior of the imitator is under stimulus control of the behavior of the model and matches the behavior of the model.

Imitation training consists of three parts: (1) the teacher demonstrates what behavior the learner is to engage in (called the imitative stimulus; (2) the learner is called on to produce a similar beh [..]

Matching the behavior of a model, or engaging in a behavior similar to that observed. 17

An imitation gemstone is a substitute for something more valuable, such as red glass for ruby, or yellow plastic for amber. An imitation only duplicates color or phenomenon, but shares no properties with the more valuable gem it is imitating. Imitations are frequently made from glass, plastic, ceramics and other inexpensive materials.

(simulant) Stones, either natural or synthetic, which imitate in appearance a more valuable natural stone.

Copy painting, style of writing, etc.

any act of mimesis, a copying of form, or content, or style, or all of these, which when done by a great poet results in a new great poem, and which when done by a hack, results in a debased version o [..]

a repetition of an art component.

the repetition of a melody or short phrase by another voice or instrument.

imitation