Imitation

[im-i-tey-shuh n] /ˌɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən/

noun
1.
a result or product of imitating.
2.
the act of imitating.
3.
a counterfeit; copy.
4.
a literary composition that imitates the manner or subject of another author or work.
5.
Biology. .
6.
Psychology. the performance of an act whose stimulus is the observation of the act performed by another person.
7.
Sociology. the copying of patterns of activity and thought of other groups or individuals.
8.
Art.

9.
Music. the repetition of a melodic phrase at a different pitch or key from the original or in a different voice part.
adjective
10.
designed to a genuine or superior article or thing:
imitation leather.
11.
Jewelry. noting an artificial gem no part of which is of the true gemstone.
Compare , (def 5).
/ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act, practice, or art of imitating; mimicry
2.
an instance or product of imitating, such as a copy of the manner of a person; impression
3.

4.
(in contrapuntal or polyphonic music) the repetition of a phrase or figure in one part after its appearance in another, as in a fugue
5.
a literary composition that adapts the style of an older work to the writer’s own purposes
n.

c.1400, “emulation; act of copying,” from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitationem (nominative imitatio) “a copying, imitation,” from past participle stem of imitari “to copy, portray, imitate,” from PIE *im-eto-, from root *aim- “copy” (cf. Hittite himma- “imitation, substitute”). Meaning “an artificial likeness” is from c.1600. As an adjective, from 1840.