echolalia
/ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/
noun
- The repetition of words or phrases spoken by someone else, often seen in certain developmental or neurological conditions such as autism or Tourette syndrome.
- Echolalia can be a common feature in early language development, but it usually fades as children grow.
- In therapy, they worked on reducing echolalia to help the patient communicate more independently.
- The child's echolalia meant he would repeat his teacher's questions instead of answering them.
- The automatic or meaningless repetition of another person's speech, sometimes used in a figurative sense to describe unoriginal or parrot-like behavior.
- The politician's speech was pure echolalia, just repeating slogans without any original thought.
- The debate turned into echolalia as each speaker simply echoed the previous one.
- Her comments were echolalia of the latest internet trends, showing no personal insight.