1. imitative - Noun
2. imitative - Adjective
Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe are to a large extent an imitative society. Edward R. Murrow
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. Mary McCarthy
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms. Henry Flynt
Infant prodigies do not necessarily become great musicians. I have had over three thousand pupils, and I am convinced that the proficiency which some display is no more than a manifestation of dexterity and an extraordinary natural imitative faculty of children. Alfred Cortot
At home I never thought I was much of a conformist. But I now see that I was without knowing it. I did what everybody else did without being aware I was copying them. Here I mind being different. Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. Mary McCarthy
Orthodoxy, of whatever colour, seems to demand a lifeless, imitative style. George Orwell