imitative
adjective /ˈɪmɪtətɪv/
/ˈɪmɪteɪtɪv/
(formal, sometimes disapproving)- that copies somebody/something
- movies that encourage imitative crime
- His work has been criticized for being imitative and shallow.
- The style is imitative of Basque architecture.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin imitativus, from the verb imitari; related to imago ‘image’.