Psittacism
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Psittacism
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Psittacism is speech or writing that appears mechanical or repetitive in the manner of a parrot. More generally it is a pejorative description of the use of words which appear to have been used without regard to their meaning. The word is derived from the Latin term for parrots psittaci – which in turn derives from the Greek ψιττακός – in an analogy with the ability of some parrots to speak human words but without any knowledge of their meaning.
Parrots, in turn, may be used as symbols of psitta
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Repetitive manner of speech
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacism
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2024-01-31T09:01:30Z
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