psittacism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- psittacistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psittacism
1895–1900; < Latin psittac ( us ) parrot ( psittacosis ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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It is easy to affirm this separation, thanks to the psittacism of the words, which are here used like counterfeit coin, but we cannot represent it to ourselves, for it corresponds to nothing.
From Project Gutenberg
Dr. Kuyper seems to me to be suffering from that terrible intellectual malady psittacism when he exclaims:— "Arbitration is the mot d'ordre of modern civilisation." and he adds:— "As if arbitration were not the rule between masters and workmen."
From Project Gutenberg
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