echopraxia.

Involuntary or automatic imitation of another person’s movements.

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• motor echopraxia

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The examination revealed echopraxia.

His echopraxia mirrored the examiner’s gesture.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.