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Showing excessive obedience or imitation with little independence.

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slavish

Slavish imitation of the sample essay left no room for an original argument.
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Slavish imitation appeared when another apprentice copied every detail of a sample cloth, including an accidental mismatch, without considering the design's purpose.
From Learning a Craft Without Copying a Life.
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