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echokinesis

echokinesis noun: the compulsion or the act of imitating movements of others.

Noun

echokinesis (uncountable)

  1. the compulsion or the act of imitating movements of others
    Synonyms:
    echopraxia

Synonyms of echokinesis

Origin of echokinesis

From echo- + -kinesis.

Questions about echokinesis

What does echokinesis mean?
Echokinesis means the compulsion or the act of imitating movements of others.
What part of speech is echokinesis?
Echokinesis is a noun.

Words near echokinesis in the dictionary

  1. echoists
  2. echoize
  3. echoized
  4. echoizes
  5. echoizing
  6. echokinesis
  7. echokinetic
  8. echolalia
  9. echolalias
  10. echolalic
  11. echolalics

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