Definition of "parrotism" []

• Imitation without understanding or reason, after the fashion of parrots. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As far as I have gone, it is all desk-fancy and "book larning" -- parrotism, in short ...."
• "Numerous passages of this kind might be quoted, attacking the "monkeyism" and "parrotism" of those who indiscriminately adopted foreign manners and customs -- those who"