Imitation: alternatives and connections

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, mineral…

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Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, mineral…

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Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling…

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Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

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A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

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One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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The act of forging metal into shape.

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A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

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Imitation; mimicry.

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The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.

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The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearan…

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A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one sub…

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A lampoon or satirical writing.

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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

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Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.

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An abundance or plenty of anything.

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of Copy

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Teaching; instruction.

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Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

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Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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of Wit

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A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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The quality of being witty.

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An abundance or plenty of anything.

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An abundance or plenty of anything.

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An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

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One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

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See Fauces.

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Alt. of Impersonification

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of Simulate

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The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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