Meaning & use
Emulative
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Marked by a desire to equal or surpass someone through imitation or competitive effort.
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Her emulative drive pushed her to train as hard as the champion she admired.
The younger architects took an emulative approach, studying and reworking the master's designs.
A note on using this word
Emulative differs from merely 'imitative' by implying an ambition to match or exceed the model being copied, not just reproduce it.
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