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Definition of Stereotypies
1. stereotypy [n] - See also: stereotypy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stereotypies
Literary usage of Stereotypies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychiatry: A Text-book for Students and Physicians by Stewart Paton (1905)
"In addition to negativism, stereotypies of attitude and action are in a measure
... In the earlier stages the stereotypies are sometimes difficult to ..."
2. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1906)
"DROMARD. Archives de Neurologic, Vol. XIX, p. 189. In this careful and interesting
study the author divides stereotypies into two classes: akinetic or those ..."
3. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"... as evinced in incoherent speech and writing, with their stereotypies, assonances,
etc. This inco-ordination may, however, be more apparent than real, ..."
4. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church (1914)
"Catatonic excitement may develop suddenly, even sometimes out of the stuporous
phase, and is marked by stereotypies, impulsive actions, mannerisms, ..."
5. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1911)
"... practically to a reduction in consciousness, almost a species of dream-state,
and thus account for many symptoms like automatisms, stereotypies, etc. ..."
6. Pellagra, an American Problem by George McCallum Niles (1912)
"In all three cases the transition into dementia was rapid, in which posture and
motion stereotypies, impulsive actions, and talkativeness were observed. ..."
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