echopraxia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action”), formed on the analogy of echolalia and apraxia.
Noun
[edit]echopraxia (countable and uncountable, plural echopraxias)
- The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]involuntary repetition of the observed movements of others
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