the act or an instance of imitating
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery — Charles Colton
something produced as a copy; a counterfeit
(used before a noun) relating to or denoting something that is not genuine; fake
imitation leather
the repetition in one musical part of the melodic theme, phrase, or motive previously found in another musical part: compare ostinato, sequence1 (6)
imitational adj