Sentence examples for imitation that from inspiring English sources

This topic is controversial and became the matter of different theories of imitation that pose either high-level (Goal-Directed Imitation theory, GOADI [4]) or lower-level order mechanisms (Direct Matching Hypothesis [5] and Ideomotor Framework of Imitation [6]) at the base of the sensory-motor transformation.

It was an act of cultural imitation that goes three layers deep: A black blues guy had his jams imitated by foppy Brits in Carnaby Street clothes who were then in turn imitated by white American teenagers draped in Woolworths clobber (imitating the Carnaby Street fashion, natch).

It's the cheap imitation that should give us pause.

Do the Gollum imitation that killed at Café Loup a couple of weeks ago.

Exciting sealife aside, it's a watered-down imitation that should have been left alone.

It is this nod to cultural heritage, rather than slavish imitation, that tends to result in a more successful look.

Was I looking at a work of genius – or a smoky imitation that turns his brilliance to mush?

The Japanese young come to New York to learn individuality, Riki says, but it's imitation that leads the way.

The many imitations that appeared almost immediately kept sneaking into his peripheral vision and making him mad.

Talk story about the original company and all the imitations that have sprung up with the years.

Knight Rider, Charlie's Angels, Dallas: all yielded imitations that proved to be the palest facsimiles of their source material.