counterimitate en · VERB
Etymology
From counter- + imitate.
Meanings
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To react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
The pressures of status give every individual a set of conflicting demands: imitate the group norms, counterimitate rivals, emulate superiors but not too obviously, and be unique but not too unique.
2022, W. David Marx, chapter 2, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterimitates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| counterimitating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| counterimitated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| counterimitated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |