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imitationism

imitationism noun: the practice of imitating the style of another.

Noun

imitationism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of imitating the style of another.
    • Imitation and autoimitation are certain forms of behaviour, and hence imitationism is a proposal to reduce inner experience (introspection) to external experience (extraspection) via a translation of psychological statements into sentences about corresponding imitations or autoimitations; […]2012, Jan Wolenski, Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov—Warsaw School, page 230

Origin of imitationism

From imitation + -ism.

Questions about imitationism

What does imitationism mean?
Imitationism means the practice of imitating the style of another.
What part of speech is imitationism?
Imitationism is a noun.

Words near imitationism in the dictionary

  1. imitation laces
  2. imitation vanilla
  3. imitation vanillas
  4. imitational
  5. imitationally
  6. imitationism
  7. imitationist
  8. imitationists
  9. imitations
  10. imitative
  11. imitative harmonies

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