| NOUN | communication | echolalia | an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others |
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| act | echolalia | (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) |
| Meaning | An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others. | |
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| Broader | echo | A reply that repeats what has just been said |
| Spanish | ecolalia | |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia). | |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | repetition, repeating | The act of doing or performing again |
| Spanish | ecolalia | |
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