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PARROTRY
Etymology
Noun
parrotry (usually uncountable, plural parrotries)
Thoughtless imitation or repetition of someone else's words or sayings; mindless repetition. [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Par"rot*ry, n.
Definition: Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] Coleridge. "The supine parrotry." Fitzed. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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