imitationism

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noun

The practice of imitating the style of another.

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Meanings

nounimitationism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From imitation + -ism.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

misimitation
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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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