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echolalia

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ech·o·la·li·a  (k-ll-)
n.
1. Psychiatry The immediate and involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by others, often a symptom of autism or some types of schizophrenia.
2. An infant's repetition of the sounds made by others, a normal occurrence in childhood development.
[echo + Greek lali, talk (from lalos, talkative).]
echo·lalic (-lk) adj.
echolalia
the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of sounds and words heard from others. — echolalic, adj.
See also: Speech
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Noun1.echolalia - an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others
echo - a reply that repeats what has just been said
2.echolalia - (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again
psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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This is demonstrated in a segment with a young man who seems to mock an officer when he repeats back the officer's exact words and commands due to an associated behavior called echolalia.
Autism and Law Enforcement by Otto, Mary / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Many children with autism do not develop speech and other children with the disorder often exhibit unusual speech patterns such as echolalia or the repetition of what has been heard.
What potential does the applied behavior analysis approach have for ... by Schoen, Alexis Ann / Journal of Instructional Psychology
Some of those conditions are (a) a lack of inhibition control, (b) speech problems (palalalia, coprolalia, echolalia and stuttering), (c) copropraxia (use of obscene gestures), (d) echopraxia (imitating the behaviors of others), (e) poor handwriting (Davidovicz, 1994; Meyers, 1998), and (f) limitations associated with any comorbid conditions the person may have.
Tourette syndrome: a new look at an old condition. (Tourette Syndrome) by Hendren, Glen / The Journal of Rehabilitation
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