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echolalia

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈleɪlɪə/Part of speech nounSorted aacehilloStarts with EEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Word origin

From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).

Used in a sentence

  • A child older than 24 months with echolalia as the only language is likely to receive a diagnosis of ASD[.]
  • There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.

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