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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 categorypsychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology









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