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adj. - Not modeled after or mimicking an original.

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  • They were concerned primarily with the discovery of non-imitative forms expressive in their own right.
  • But the non-imitative arts supply organisms different in kind from those which nature affords.
  • Although it is historically probable that the habit of avoiding ugliness and seeking beauty of shape may have been originally established by utilitarian attention to the...
  • The best index and guide to the stated activities of adults in past ages is found in the instinctive, untaught, and non-imitative plays of children which are the most...
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