“Like emulation learning, ontogenetic ritualization does not require individuals to analyze the behavior of others in terms of ends and means in the same way as does imitative learning.”

“Though uneven and a bit inchoate, it shows an awareness both of the more complex, radical aspects of Debussy and the Strauss of Salome and Elektra, without being slavishly imitative of either.”

“But most of the thought behind JCW for many years has been tired and imitative.”

“She began speaking in an imitative English accent and addressing her friend and realtor with a name she had never used before.”

“At first, both gentlemen and ladies went through all their steps most carefully, but seeing we did not do this, and being very imitative of everything European, they abandoned them and simply walked through the figures.”

“It is an imitative word used to express a drumming sound.”