echolalia

noun

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

an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

Roots

echoecho- · Greek · reflected sound lalialal- · Greek · speech, babble ia-ia · Greek · condition

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