emulation

[em-yuh-ley-shuhn]

noun

1. effort or desire to equal or excel others.

   Synonyms: competition, imitation

2. Obsolete.,  jealous rivalry.

Other Word Forms

• nonemulation noun
• overemulation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emulation¹

First recorded in 1545–55, emulation is from the Latin word aemulātiōn- (stem of aemulātiō ). See emulate, -ion

Example Sentences

On the face of it, he is perhaps more a middle-class loner, and his apparent normality suggests a crime triggered by internalised mental processes, rather than by peer-driven association or emulation.

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Mars defended the advert, saying "the cars were shot driving at lawful speeds and any emulation would only reflect the legal and safe driving presented".

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De Palma’s slavish emulation of Hitchcock runs through numerous films, and with notable specificity.

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Yet “The Greatest Night in Pop” also makes a strong case for the artistic value of “We Are the World,” which after countless parodies and emulations can be hard to hear today with fresh ears.

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I had become a deep reader of the genre in my 20s, and, as all writers are readers in emulation, I began to think about writing a hard-boiled fiction of my own.

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Related Words

• simulation