copyism

Definitions

1. A style based on slavish imitation, without character or originality.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. plagiarism
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“There is no genial infusion of the principles of design⟳, no appeal to the imagination, no initiation into art as such, but only a dry, hard copyism of model⟳ drawings, line by line, and shade by shade.”

“Now, in charging an author, more particularly a poet, with copyism, the resemblance ought surely to be at least as marked as in the foregoing extract.”

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