echolalia
ec·ho·la·lia
noun
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)
Origin
From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).
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