(n): a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
(n): something copied or derived from an original
(n): a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
(n): copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
(n): an act of copying
(n): a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
(n): a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
(adj): not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
(adj): vs. natural), unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature