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 imitativeness
 模仿性

 Im·i·ta·tive a.
 1. 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.
 2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
 This temple, less in form, with equal grace,
 Was imitative of the first in Thrace.   --Dryden.
 3. Nat. Hist. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
 -- Im*i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*i*ta*tive*ness, n.