Echolalia

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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