Meaning of echopraxia | Babel Free

Definitions

The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“For example, a tic is an automatic form⟳ of echopraxia, involving to some slight degree the emotions and the volition and having been originally acquired by suggestion and imitation.”

“1964, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, Volumes 32-33, Institute of Living, page 260, Echolalia and echopraxia have⟳ been recognized as symptoms of seriously disturbed behavior in adults for over a century.”

“Several patients, after repeated experience⟳ of echopraxia and pantomime, had the delusion that they could communicate with others without using words—merely transmitting ideas by a bodily movement.”

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