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Echolalia

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Wordset Dictionary

an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

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unclassified

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unclassified

Variants

plural
Echolalias
possessive
Echolalia's
pluralpossessive
Echolalias'