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echopraxis

echopraxis is the alternative spelling of echopraxia.

Meaning of echopraxia

Noun

echopraxia (countable and uncountable, plural echopraxias)

  1. The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
    • 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.1906, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 33, Williams & Wilkins, page 547
    Synonyms:
    echokinesis

Questions about echopraxis

What is echopraxis the alternative spelling of?
Echopraxis is the alternative spelling of echopraxia.

Words near echopraxis in the dictionary

  1. echopractic
  2. echopraxia
  3. echopraxias
  4. echopraxic
  5. echopraxics
  6. echopraxis
  7. echoradiography
  8. echoreflectance
  9. echoreflectances
  10. echoreflective
  11. echoreflectivity

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