imitation

/ˌi-mə-ˈtā-shən/

Middle English ymytacyoun "emulation," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French imitacion, borrowed from Latin imitātiōn-, imitātiō "action of copying, copy," from imitārī "to follow as a pattern, imitate-tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

noun

  1. an act or instance of imitating

  2. something produced as a copy : counterfeit

  3. a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author

adjective

  1. resembling something else that is usually genuine and of better quality : not, real

imitation leather

noun

  1. an inferior version

The remake of the movie was a pale imitation of the original.