imitational
Imitational is an English adjective that denotes a relation to imitation—the act of copying or reproducing the characteristics of a model. It can describe processes, styles, or artifacts that imitate rather than originate original content. The word comes from the Latin imitari, “to imitate,” and is formed with the common English suffix -ational. In contemporary usage, imitational is relatively rare compared with imitativ e or mimetic, but it appears in scholarly discussions to emphasize the act or quality of imitation.
In the arts and aesthetics, imitational approaches strive to reproduce observed appearances or to replicate established
In psychology and education, imitation is a fundamental learning mechanism; discussions of imitational learning refer to
Because imitational is not as widely used as imitativ(e) or mimetic, writers may choose alternative terms depending