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imitation
A	noun
	1	imitation
				copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚continuance; continuation ╚repetition; repeating ╚copying ╚imitation ╚mimicry ╚emulation
	2	imitation, counterfeit, forgery
				a copy that is represented as the original
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚copy ╚imitation, counterfeit, forgery ╚fake; sham; postiche
	3	imitation
				the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚belief ╚doctrine; philosophy; philosophical system; school of thought; ism ╚imitation ╚mimesis
	4	caricature, imitation, impersonation
				a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚wit; humor; humour; witticism; wittiness ╚caricature, imitation, impersonation ╚parody; lampoon; spoof; sendup; mockery; takeoff; burlesque; travesty; charade; pasquinade; put-on ╚mock-heroic
B	adjective
	1	fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
				not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

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