Mimicry 

Within coloniser - colonised power dynamics, the colonised person might look up and envy the coloniser due to a colonial ideology and hegemony. In other words, as the coloniser sets themselves up as the superior so the colonised might want to be them. As a result, the colonised person might try to imitate the coloniser, perhaps by imitating their clothing, customs, language, etc. However, in doing so, this only reinforces the colonisers ideology that their culture is superior; additionally, it might begin to erase earlier traditions among the colonised people.

On the other hand, the coloniser might force the colonised person to imitate their culture, such as clothing, customs, or language; yet, whilst almost identical, they are never equal within these power relations. 

However, this can also destabilise the idea that the coloniser is superior as it implies that they need a subaltern version of themselves to justify their dominance, and therefore highlighting flaws in this idea.