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mimetic
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of MIMETIC
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model <boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age>
Synonyms apish, canned, emulative, epigonic (or epigonous), formulaic, mimetic, mimic, slavish, unoriginal
Related Words copied, cribbed, plagiarized; artificial, bogus, factitious, fake, false, imitation, man-made, mock, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic; duplicated, photocopied, reduplicated, reproduced, transcribed; backup; counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading; cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), perfunctory, routine, uninspired
Antonyms archetypal (also archetypical), original
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