Definition of "imitativeness" [imitativeness]

• The state of being imitative; imitation (noun)

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• "Still it would not be fair to speak in these terms of praise without pointing out the transparent imitativeness which is common to all these poems."
• "Narrowing the process down to impersonation should make clear that Plato finds a Sophist's imitativeness much like a poet's."
• "From pure imitativeness he jeers at things which in fact he believes in."