Definition of "echopraxia" in Englisch

noun

1. (psychology, pathology, psychopathology) The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

   • 1964, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, Volumes 32-33, Institute of Living, page 260, Echolalia and echopraxia have been recognized as symptoms of seriously disturbed behavior in adults for over a century.