counterimitate

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verb

To react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.

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Meanings

verbcounterimitate (third-person singular simple present counterimitates, present participle counterimitating, simple past and past participle counterimitated)

present singular third person counterimitates · participle present counterimitating · participle past counterimitated · past counterimitated

  1. 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

Origin

From counter- + imitate.

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Cite this entry
APA

counterimitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterimitate

MLA

“counterimitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterimitate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterimitate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterimitate.

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