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Noun: echolalia  ,e-kow'ley-lee-u
  1. An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others
     
  2. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Derived forms: echolalias

Type of: echo, repeating, repetition

Encyclopedia: Echolalia