Imitationism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The practice of imitating the style of another. uncountable
"Imitation and autoimitation are certain forms of behaviour, and hence imitationism is a proposal to reduce inner experience (introspection) to external experience (extraspection) via a translation of psychological statements into sentences about corresponding imitations or autoimitations; […]"
Example
More examples"Imitation and autoimitation are certain forms of behaviour, and hence imitationism is a proposal to reduce inner experience (introspection) to external experience (extraspection) via a translation of psychological statements into sentences about corresponding imitations or autoimitations; […]"
Etymology
From imitation + -ism.
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