ECHOLALIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does echolalia mean? 

• ECHOLALIA (noun)
  The noun ECHOLALIA has 2 senses:

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)

  Familiarity information: ECHOLALIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHOLALIA (noun)

Meaning:

An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("echolalia" is a kind of...):

echo (a reply that repeats what has just been said)

Meaning:

(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("echolalia" is a kind of...):

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)