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#IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Echolalia

#IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Echolalia

#IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Echolalia – [ek-oh-ley-lee-uh] noun 1. Psychiatry . the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person. 2. the imitation by a baby of the vocal sounds produced by others, occurring as a natural phase of childhood development.

Origin:
1880–85; echo  + -lalia

psychiatry  the tendency to repeat mechanically words just spoken by another person: can occur in cases of brain damage, mental retardation, and schizophrenia

[C19: from New Latin, from echo  + Greek lalia  talk, chatter, from lalein  to chatter]

Or in other words when you say something to someone and they repeat it back to you as if it was an original thought or idea…yeah, that.

 

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