echolalia
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See also: echolalią
English
Etymology
From echo + -lalia; Latin ēchō from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), and -lalia from Ancient Greek λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
echolalia (countable and uncountable, plural echolalias)
- (clinical psychology, autism) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
- Hyponyms: movie talk, TV talk
- 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:
- Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words.
- An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
- Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 50:
- There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
Derived terms
Translations
echoing of words or phrases
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References
- “echolalia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “echolalia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French écholalie.
Pronunciation
Noun
echolalia f
- (clinical psychology) echolalia (immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another)
- (rhetoric, poetry) echolalia (stylistic device consisting of the repetition of identical or similar vocal groups solely in order to emphasise the rhythmic or melodic character of the text)
Declension
Declension of echolalia
Derived terms
adjective