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overimitative

overimitative adjective: excessively imitative.

Adjective

overimitative (comparative more overimitative, superlative most overimitative)

  1. Excessively imitative.
    • A problem of modelling techniques is that once an imitative tendency is developed it can lead a patient to be overimitative (i.e. he may start to imitate responses of the nurse which she does not want copying) […]1978, Richard J. Butler, Gerald Rosenthall, Behaviour and Rehabilitation, page 135

Forms of overimitative

comparativemore overimitative
superlativemost overimitative

Origin of overimitative

From over- + imitative.

Questions about overimitative

What does overimitative mean?
Overimitative means excessively imitative.
What part of speech is overimitative?
Overimitative is an adjective.

Words near overimitative in the dictionary

  1. overimitate
  2. overimitated
  3. overimitates
  4. overimitating
  5. overimitation
  6. overimitative
  7. overimmunization
  8. overimmunizations
  9. overimmunize
  10. overimmunized
  11. overimmunizes

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