"parrotry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parrotries [plural]
Etymology: From parrot + -ry. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parrot|ry}} parrot + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} parrotry (usually uncountable, plural parrotries)
  1. Thoughtless imitation or repetition of someone else's words or sayings; mindless repetition. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-parrotry-en-noun--dOcgxjv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Decolonising the Mind, Heinemann, published 2005, page 2",
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