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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras