imitancy

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noun

Tendency to imitation.

OriginLatin imitāns →
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Meanings

nounimitancy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableTendency to imitation.

    Or, the servile imitancy, and yet also a nobler relationship and mysterious union to one another which lies in such imitancy, of Mankind might be illustrated under the different figure (itself nowise original) of a Flock of Sheep.

    1832, Thomas Carlyle, Boswell's Life of Johnson

Origin

  1. Latinimitāns
  2. Englishimitancy

From Latin imitāns, present participle of imitō.

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APA

imitancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitancy

MLA

“imitancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imitancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitancy.

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