Associations to the word «Echolalia»
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Wiktionary
ECHOLALIA, noun. (clinical psychology) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.
ECHOLALIA, noun. An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
ECHOLALIA, noun. Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
Dictionary definition
ECHOLALIA, noun. An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others.
ECHOLALIA, noun. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia).
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.