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    ECHOLALIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by othersplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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