IMITATION

I. noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of imitating, something produced as a copy ; counterfeit , a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author, the repetition by one voice of a melody, phrase, or motive stated earlier in the composition by a different voice, the quality of an object in possessing some of the nature or attributes of a transcendent idea, the assumption of behavior observed in other individuals, II. adjective Date: 1818 resembling something else that is usually genuine and of better quality ; not real