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autoimitation

autoimitation noun: the imitation of oneself.

Noun

autoimitation (countable and uncountable, plural autoimitations)

  1. The imitation of oneself.
    • Thiemich mentions cases of hysteria in children in which the symptoms of a preceding organic affection are continued by autoimitation long after the original condition has returned to normal.1908, Archives of Pediatrics, page 96
    • The essential process is the copying of one's own action and not the action of some one else. It is thus seen that all imitation is of the reflex type, and fundamentally all imitation is autoimitation.1923, Frederick Elmer Bolton, Everyday Psychology for Teachers, page 218

Forms of autoimitation

pluralautoimitations

Origin of autoimitation

From auto- + imitation.

Questions about autoimitation

What does autoimitation mean?
Autoimitation means the imitation of oneself.
What part of speech is autoimitation?
Autoimitation is a noun.
What is the plural of autoimitation?
The plural of autoimitation is autoimitations.

Words near autoimitation in the dictionary

  1. autoignition
  2. autoignition temperature
  3. autoignition temperatures
  4. autoignitions
  5. autoiliac
  6. autoimitation
  7. autoimitations
  8. autoimmune
  9. autoimmunisation
  10. autoimmunisations
  11. autoimmunities

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