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Echopraxia

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Noun
  1. 1
    The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From echo- + -praxia. Analogous to echolalia.

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