echopraxia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action”), formed on the analogy of echolalia and apraxia.

Noun

echopraxia (countable and uncountable, plural echopraxias)

1. The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

Related terms

• echolalia

Translations

involuntary repetition of the observed movements of others

• Czech: echopraxie f
• Icelandic: hermifas n