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Definition of Echolalia in English :

Echolalia

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Noun

1. echolalia

an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

2. echolalia

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Echolalia

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noun

psychiatry

the tendency to repeat mechanically words just spoken by another person: can occur in cases of brain damage and psychiatric disorder

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Echolalia

see synonyms of echolalia

noun

the automatic repetition by someone of words spoken in his or her presence, esp. as a symptom of mental disorder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Echolalia

see synonyms of echolalia

n.

The repetition of words or phrases spoken by others, often occurring in people with autism spectrum disorder and certain other mental disorders.

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