mimicking

noun

1. (form-of, gerund, uncountable)gerund of mimic: mimicry; (countable) an instance of this.

   “They had a thousand odd stories and jokes about the events of the day, and burlesque descriptions and mimickings of the spectators who had been admiring them.”

   “Many within our community view childrearing with skepticism or disdain. Affirmatively choosing parenting as a gay man or lesbian is often seen as a retreat from public activism to private life or as a mimicking of heterosexuality.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of mimic