English noun: echolalia | |||
1. | echolalia (communication) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | ||
Broader (hypernym) | echo | ||
2. | echolalia (act) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | repeating, repetition | ||
Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||