Associations to the word «Echolalia»

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

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa