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autoimitation

noun

Etymology

From auto- + imitation.

  1. derived from imitatio
  2. derived from imitacion
  3. derived from imitacion
  4. inherited from imitacioun
  5. prefixed as autoimitation — “auto + imitation”

Definitions

  1. The imitation of oneself.

    • Thiemich mentions cases of hysteria in children in which the symptoms of a preceding organic affection are continued by autoimitation long after the original condition has returned to normal.
    • The essential process is the copying of one's own action and not the action of some one else. It is thus seen that all imitation is of the reflex type, and fundamentally all imitation is autoimitation.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA