echolalia |ˌekōˈlālēə|
noun Psychiatry
• meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder.
• repetition of speech by a child learning to talk.
• constant repetition of internet memes.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ēkhō ‘echo’ + lalia ‘speech.’
For something completely different: Words without repetition
Contact: |ˌekōˈlālēə|@antropoide.net (Transform the phonetic word to non-phonetic)
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