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psittacism

psittacism noun: mechanical, repetitive words used without understanding or consideration.

Noun

psittacism (usually uncountable, plural psittacisms)

  1. (usually) Mechanical, repetitive words used without understanding or consideration.

psittacism meaning in Tamil

psittacism in Tamil

தானாகப்பேசுதல்

Forms of psittacism

pluralpsittacisms

Origin of psittacism

From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -ism. By surface analysis, psittac- + -ism.

Questions about psittacism

What does psittacism mean?
Psittacism means mechanical, repetitive words used without understanding or consideration.
What is psittacism in Tamil?
Psittacism in Tamil is தானாகப்பேசுதல். See Psittacism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is psittacism?
Psittacism is a noun.
What is the plural of psittacism?
The plural of psittacism is psittacisms.

Words near psittacism in the dictionary

  1. psittacids
  2. psittaciform
  3. psittacine
  4. psittacines
  5. psittacinite
  6. psittacism
  7. psittacisms
  8. psittacistic
  9. psittacofulvin
  10. psittacofulvins
  11. psittacosaur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psittacism (page history and authors); psittacism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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