imitableness

A child demonstrates the imitableness of a bird's song.

Definition

Imitableness (noun): The quality or state of being capable of being imitated or copied.

Usage Examples

• (The quality of being copyable.)
• (The absence of the quality of being imitable.)

Advanced Usage

• "The imitableness of a design": refers to how easily a pattern or method can be reproduced.
  • The imitableness of the software interface allowed for rapid cloning by competitors. (The ease with which it could be copied.)

Variants and Related Words

• Imitable (adjective): capable of being imitated.
  • The melody was imitable, so many musicians played their own versions. (Capable of being copied.)
• Imitate (verb): to copy or follow as a model.
  • Children often imitate their parents' behavior. (To copy.)
• Imitator (noun): a person or thing that imitates.
  • He was a poor imitator of the famous singer. (One who copies.)

Synonyms

• Copyability: the quality of being able to be copied.
• Reproducibility: the ability to be reproduced or replicated.
• Mimicability: the capacity to be mimicked.

Related Idioms

• "Monkey see, monkey do": a phrase describing the tendency to imitate without understanding.
  • The children's imitableness was evident when they all started copying each other's silly gestures. (The quality of being easily imitated, leading to mindless copying.)