parrot
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ verb ] repeat mindlessly
Examples "The students parroted the teacher's words" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)The content of his words may lapse back into monotonous repetition , as if a phonograph_needle were stuck in one groove ; only seldom is it so simple as to be a matter of his obviously parroting some timeworn axiom , common to our culture , which he has evidently heard , over_and_over , from a parent until he experiences it as part of him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
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