| imitative | 1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art. 2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original. "This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace." (Dryden) 3. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colours; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. Im"itatively, Im"itativeness. Origin: L. Imitavitus: cf. F. Imitatif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| imitative behaviour | The mimicking of the behaviour of one individual by another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| imitative tetanus | Conversion hysteria that resembles tetanus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| attitude | An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude of health personnel | Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to computers | The attitude and behaviour associated with an individual using the computer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to death | Conceptual response of the individual to the various aspects of death, which are based on his psychosocial and cultural experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to health | Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal attitude | Relationship of one foetal part to another. Synonym: foetal attitude. (05 Mar 2000) |