Thesaurus results for COPYIST

copyist

noun

ˈkä-pē-ist

Definition of copyist

as in imitator

a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way she prides herself on being an innovator in fashion, and not a mere copyist

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as in scribe

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts some scholars argue that the vexing passage reflects a misreading of the text by an early copyist

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Recent Examples of copyist At the same time, new technologies started to produce identical copies better and faster than any human copyist ever could. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793. — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 The watercolor was recently rejected by specialists in 2020, who believe the copyist worked from a photograph of the work that was first published in 1904. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024 In an effort to thwart copyists, together these purist designers showed after the scheduled Fashion Week—and this was back when editors were still sailing to Paris from New York. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023 But her intention has been to draw inspiration and insight from each, without being a copyist. — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022 Grishman is a music copyist for Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theater, who works closely with composers, orchestrators and players. — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2022

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Noun

Deafheaven broke the mold by introducing blinding light to rock music’s darkest corner, but after wave upon wave of imitators, the only subversion left is to blot out the sun.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
The Dadaists used this gleefully and compulsively (see René Clair and Francis Picabia’s wacky Entr’Acte); so, famously, did Hideo Nakata in Y2K hit The Ring and countless imitators.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitator

Noun

The two companies have tapped writer Grant Morrison, the influential and award-winning scribe known for All-Star Superman and his multi-year Batman run as well medium-pushing comics such as Animal Man and Doom Patrol.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Final Thoughts Ambient AI scribes are already delivering real reductions in administrative burden and measurable gains in clinician experience.

— Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of scribe

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First was comic and content creator, George Brett Olson, who did a breakdown (watch it below) accusing an AI Instagram account with 300,000 followers of seemingly ripped off his joke word for word.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Other followers focused on the actress's return to television.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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The scene was a modern echo of the old accommodation between gangsters and the state.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
While many of the Middle East’s archaeological sites invoke pharaohs, Nabataeans, Romans, Islamic civilization, and Crusaders, the columns of Al-Rajajil are an echo of a prehistoric period wrapped in mystery.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

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