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Meaning of "echolalia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ECHOLALIA

From New Latin, from echo + Greek lalia talk, chatter, from lalein to chatter.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ECHOLALIA

echolalia  [ˌɛkəʊˈleɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECHOLALIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Echolalia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ECHOLALIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Echolalia

Echolalia (also known as echologia or echophrasia) is the automatic repetition of vocalizations made by another person. It is one of the echophenomena, closely related to echopraxia, the automatic repetition of movements made by another person; both are "subsets of imitative behavior" whereby sounds or actions are imitated "without explicit awareness". Echolalia may be an immediate reaction to a stimulus or may be delayed. The word "echolalia" is derived from the Greek ἠχώ, meaning "echo" or "to repeat", and λαλιά (laliá) meaning "speech" or "talk" (of onomatopoeic origin, from the verb λαλέω (laléo), meaning "to talk").

Definition of echolalia in the English dictionary

The definition of echolalia in the dictionary is the tendency to repeat mechanically words just spoken by another person: can occur in cases of brain damage, mental retardation, and schizophrenia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ECHOLALIA


alalia
æˈleɪlɪə
Athalia
əˈθeɪlɪə
Australia
ɒˈstreɪlɪə
bacchanalia
ˌbækəˈneɪlɪə
Castalia
kæˈsteɪlɪə
coprolalia
ˌkɒprəˈleɪlɪə
dyslalia
dɪsˈleɪlɪə
galea
ˈɡeɪlɪə
generalia
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪlɪə
genitalia
ˌdʒɛnɪˈteɪlɪə
glossolalia
ˌɡlɒsəˈleɪlɪə
palea
ˈpeɪlɪə
palilalia
ˌpælɪˈleɪlɪə
paralalia
ˌpærəˈleɪlɪə
paraphernalia
ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə
personalia
ˌpɜːsəˈneɪlɪə
realia
rɪˈeɪlɪə
regalia
rɪˈɡeɪlɪə
rhinolalia
ˌraɪnəʊˈleɪlɪə
Westphalia
wɛstˈfeɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECHOLALIA

echo-like
echocardiogram
echocardiography
echoer
echoes
echoey
echogram
echography
echoic
echoic memory
echoing
echoism
echoist
echoize
echolalic
echoless
echolocation
echopraxia
echopraxis
echovirus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECHOLALIA

aralia
battalia
Commonwealth of Australia
Himalia
inter alia
Italia
kitchenalia
Lupercalia
New Australia
North Rhine-Westphalia
novalia
Order of Australia
penetralia
qualia
rosalia
Saturnalia
Somalia
South Australia
Thalia
Western Australia

Synonyms and antonyms of echolalia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «echolalia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ECHOLALIA

Find out the translation of echolalia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of echolalia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «echolalia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

模仿言语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ecolalia
570 millions of speakers

English

echolalia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शब्दानुकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لفظ صدوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эхолалия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ecolalia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

echolalia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écholalie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Echolalia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Echolalie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反響言語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

echolalia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Echolalia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhái lại ´
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிறர் சொன்ன சொற்களை அப்படியே பின் பற்றிச் சொல்லுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इकोलालिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

echolalia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ecolalia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

echolalia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ехолалія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

echolalia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηχολαλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

echolalia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ekolali
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

echolalia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of echolalia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ECHOLALIA»

The term «echolalia» is regularly used and occupies the 101.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ECHOLALIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «echolalia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «echolalia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about echolalia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECHOLALIA»

Discover the use of echolalia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to echolalia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Echolalia
“The language and cadence--fractured, whizzing--of our most wired new century lives in [her poems] though Bernhardt's subjects are ancient: love and family, ache and hope, remorse and grief worked out in memory and right now, that ...
Deborah Bernhardt, 2006
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Understanding Autism
This is an example of echoed speech or echolalia. What is echolalia? Children and adults with autism learn to repeat (or echo) whole phrases or sentences yet they are typically unable to understand the separate components of those ...
Susan Dodd, 2005
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Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance ...
Due to the great variability observed in patterns of echolalia, the intervention section should not be viewed as a "cookbook" approach, but rather as a compilation of guidelines to individualize appropriate interventions based on the assessment ...
Kathleen Ann Quill, 1995
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Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, ...
Echolalia One of the most salient aspects of deviant speech in autism is the occurrence of echolalia. Echolalia is the repetition, with similar intonation, of words or phrases that someone else has said. It can be immediate; for example, a child ...
Fred R. Volkmar, Rhea Paul, Ami Klin, 2005
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Communication Problems in Autism
The functionality of at least some forms of echoing invites speculation on similarities between autistic echolalia and speech repetition, which occurs in the context of normal language acquisition. It also demands a critical examination of the ...
Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, 1985
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The World of the Autistic Child: Understanding and Treating ...
Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders Bryna Siegel. Delayed Echolalia Delayed echolalia occurs when language that was heard sometime in the past is "played back." Delayed echolalia usually emerges later than ...
Bryna Siegel, 1998
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Transcortical Aphasias
This book offers a comprehensive, contemporary and scholarly account of transcortical aphasias by combining valuable information upon cognitive neuropsychology, neuroimaging and functional localization of residual repetition and other ...
Marcelo L. Berthier, 2000
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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of ...
Echolalia In echolalia, the patient repeats the speech of another person automatically, without communicative intent or effect (Ford 1989). Often, the speech repeated is the examiner's and the phenomenon is immediately apparent without ...
Stuart C. Yudofsky, Robert E. Hales, 2008
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Autism in Adolescents and Adults
Autistic youngsters of all levels of intelligence may echo words and sentences they have heard, though there is some evidence that echolalia is often outgrown by adolescence (Rutter, 1977). Echolalia can occur with varying degrees of ...
Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, 1983
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Neurology of Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders
Rarely, palilalia occurs with seizures originating in the left parasagittal region.320 Echolalia Echolalia is the parrot-like repetition of words and phrases that are heard. Echolalia can complicate TMA or MTA.124 Patients with MTA have no ...
Neurosurgery Orrin Devinsky M.D. Professor of Neurology, and Psychiatry, Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center at Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology University of California Mark D'Esposito M.D. Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director, Berkeley, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECHOLALIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term echolalia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aurora movie theater shooting trial: Dr. Rachel Davis says James …
That is called echolalia. The gunman did demonstrate some awareness of his situation, Davis said. Davis said she asked if the gunman knew ... «The Denver Channel, Jun 15»
2
HUMAN & AUTISMAN (John Cherney): SoLow review
... spiked with related research (mirror neurons, echolalia), some of the things that may differentiate these individuals from others is explored. «Phindie, Jun 15»
3
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Announces Encouraging Top-Line …
... or complex vocal tics such as coprolalia (uttering swear words) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others). Many patients with TD ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»
4
New members of Action Reporter Media news team
... with pieces based on Craigslist missed connections, and a young adult novella, "Echolalia," about a teenager's experiences with autism.". «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jun 15»
5
Perth scholarship
“This child was a gorgeous boy with beautiful blue eyes and black hair and he used echolalia, imitating language from videos. I could see that ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jun 15»
6
Checkmating Ignorance, Poverty - Two Obstacles to Effective Autism …
... avoiding eye contact or physical touch; delays in learning to talk; repeating words or phrases (echolalia); and getting upset by minor changes ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
7
Wordplay: Good writers swallow hard and then find an editor
That sort of data should make anyone swallow hard. As writers, like most of us across social media, you start to worry where your own echolalia ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
8
Boy who could barely speak to address thousands at college …
She later discovered he had echolalia, a common symptom among children with autism. "He would just repeat what you said. He wouldn't hold ... «Live 5 News, Apr 15»
9
Share “Edmond boy learns to live with tics,...”
This tic is called echolalia, in which a person repeats words or phrases that other people say, according to the neurological institute. His mother ... «NewsOK.com, Apr 15»
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"Mad Scientist of Music," Composer Mark Applebaum, Coming for …
... titles like “The Metaphysics of Notation” (the full score of which is 72 feet wide), “Echolalia” and “Composition for Machine No.1.”. «DePauw University, Apr 15»

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