Thesaurus / imitation
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It’s a trend that will likely accelerate over the next five years, particularly when 5G takes center stage and robotics as a field leaves behind imitation and evolves independently.
IS THE PANDEMIC SPURRING A ROBOT REVOLUTION?MARIUS ROBLESNOVEMBER 30, 2020SINGULARITY HUB The company’s flagship imitation beef product went on sale in 200 supermarkets across Hong Kong and Singapore on Tuesday.
IMPOSSIBLE FOODS ENTERS GROCERY STORES OUTSIDE THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIMENAOMI XU ELEGANTOCTOBER 20, 2020FORTUNEWhat Anna and Seth have really been able to show is how imitation works and what the contagion effect looks like on the ground.
THIS YEAR’S SN 10 SCIENTISTS AIM TO SOLVE SOME OF SCIENCE’S BIGGEST CHALLENGESSCIENCE NEWS STAFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe star machine of late-night television has become a pale imitation of itself, turning former supernova-caliber appearances into mediocre Skype calls and half-hearted attempts at staging a “feels-live” show.
‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’ OF BROKEN DREAMSDAVID EHRENSTEINAUGUST 20, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEA representation provides a simplified picture of a group, just as a grayscale photo can serve as a low-cost imitation of the original color image.
THE ‘USELESS’ PERSPECTIVE THAT TRANSFORMED MATHEMATICSKEVIN HARTNETTJUNE 9, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThe Spaniards since have substituted paper for the leaves of maize, in imitation of them.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The culture of expression is a very different thing from the artful imitation of the signs of feeling and purpose.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKImpersonation may be more easily achieved intellectually, requiring only keen observation and the power of imitation.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKImitation of the ways of their elders doubtless plays a part here, but it is aided by an instinct for adornment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYLike art, too, on its representative side, play aims at producing an imitation or semblance of something.
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WORDS RELATED TO IMITATION
- Photostat
- X-ray
- Xerox
- breeding
- carbon
- carbon copy
- chip off old block
- clone
- copy
- ditto
- dupe
- facsimile
- fake
- flimsy
- generation
- imitation
- increase
- look-alike
- mimeo
- mimeograph
- mirror image
- multiplication
- offprint
- photocopy
- photograph
- pic
- picture
- portrayal
- procreation
- proliferation
- propagation
- recreation
- reduplication
- reenactment
- renewal
- replica
- replication
- reprinting
- repro
- revival
- stat
- transcription
- twin
- acting
- additional
- alternate
- another
- artificial
- backup
- counterfeit
- dummy
- ersatz
- experimental
- false
- imitation
- makeshift
- mock
- near
- other
- provisional
- proxy
- pseudo
- replacement
- representative
- reserve
- second
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stopgap
- substitutive
- supplemental
- supplementary
- supposititious
- surrogate
- symbolic
- temporary
- tentative
- vicarial
- vicarious
- Hollywood
- affected
- assumed
- bent
- bogus
- brummagem
- copied
- crock
- deceptive
- delusive
- delusory
- ersatz
- fake
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fictitious
- fishy
- forged
- framed
- fraudulent
- imitation
- misleading
- mock
- not genuine
- not kosher
- phony
- pirate
- plant
- pretended
- pretentious
- pseudo
- put-on
- queer
- sham
- snide
- soft shell
- spurious
- supposititious
- two-faced
- won't fly
- wrong
- Hollywood
- affected
- assumed
- bent
- bogus
- brummagem
- copied
- crock
- deceptive
- delusive
- delusory
- ersatz
- fake
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fictitious
- fishy
- forged
- framed
- fraudulent
- imitation
- misleading
- mock
- not genuine
- not kosher
- phony
- pirate
- plant
- pretended
- pretentious
- pseudo
- put-on
- queer
- sham
- snide
- soft shell
- spurious
- suppositious
- two-faced
- won't fly
- wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- affected
- anomalous
- assumed
- bizarre
- concocted
- contrary
- contrived
- ersatz
- extraordinary
- fabricated
- factitious
- false
- feigned
- forced
- freakish
- freaky
- imitation
- incredible
- insincere
- irregular
- labored
- made-up
- make-believe
- odd
- outlandish
- outrageous
- perverse
- perverted
- phony
- preposterous
- pseudo
- put-on
- queer
- staged
- stiff
- stilted
- strained
- strange
- studied
- supernatural
- synthetic
- theatrical
- unaccountable
- uncanny
- unconforming
- unorthodox
- unusual
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