counterimitate
counterimitate verb: to react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
Verb
counterimitate (third-person singular simple present counterimitates, present participle counterimitating, simple past and past participle counterimitated)
- To react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
- The pressures of status give every individual a set of conflicting demands: imitate the group norms, counterimitate rivals, emulate superiors but not too obviously, and be unique but not too unique.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 2, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN
Forms of counterimitate
| third-person singular present | counterimitates |
|---|---|
| present participle | counterimitating |
| past participle | counterimitated |
| past | counterimitated |
Origin of counterimitate
From counter- + imitate.
Questions about counterimitate
- What does counterimitate mean?
- Counterimitate means to react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
- What part of speech is counterimitate?
- Counterimitate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of counterimitate?
- The past tense of counterimitate is counterimitated.
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