parroting

English

Verb

parroting

1. present participle and gerund of parrot

Noun

parroting (plural parrotings)

1. mindless repetition of words or ideas
   • 2002, Michael D. Bayles, W. L. Robison, The Legal Essays of Michael Bayles, page 27:

     The discriminatory sense of moral position denotes a subclass of anthropological morality by contrasting a sincere moral conviction about proper conduct with prejudices, rationalizations, parrotings of others, etc.

Translations

mindless repetition of words

• German: Nachplappern n
• Greek: παπαγαλία (el) f (papagalía)

Anagrams

• prorating