non-imitative
adjective
(alsononimitative)uk/ˌnɒnˈɪm.ɪ.tə.tɪv/us/ˌnɑːnˈɪm.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/notcopyingsomeone or something:
Despite all thetimethat shespentwith the otherartists, she usedcolourin aunique, non-imitative way.
At thispointinhistory,musicwaslargelynon-imitative.
- Aresponsemay be eitherimitativeor non-imitative,dependingon whether it does or does notreproducethebehaviourwhich was thestimulus.
- The researchersemployeda nonimitativeproductiontaskinordertostudyhow thetargetandcontrolgrouppronouncedthevowelsound.
- Where achildsaid a wordimmediatelyafter it waspresentedto them butaddeda wordform, this was alsoconsideredas non-imitative.
Inventing, designing and innovation
- absorptive capacity
- architect
- artificer
- bionics
- blueprint
- customized
- design
- designer
- devise
- dreamsomethingup
- lead time
- modularization
- nanotechnology
- operational research
- originator
- technology
- themed
- think outside the boxidiom
- thinksomethingup
- trailblaze