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an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

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  1. n. an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others
  2. n. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
  3. n:100 n. an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others n. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)