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parrotry|ˈpærətrɪ|
[f. parrot n. + -ry.]
The mechanical or servile repetition or imitation of the sayings, language, etc., of others.
1796Coleridge Watchman No. 3. 93 note, This sentiment is so lugged into every debate, that it has degenerated into mere parrotry. 1847J. Sterling Ess., etc. (1848) I. p. xliii, To render the ordinary religious confidences little more than parrotry or gibberish. |