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echolalia vs repetition

repetition vs echolalia

echolalia and repetition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
echolalia Yes No No No
repetition Yes No No No
As nouns, repetition is a hypernym of echolalia; that is, repetition is a word with a broader meaning than echolalia:
  • echolalia: (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
  • repetition: the act of doing or performing again
Other hypernyms of echolalia include repeating.
echolalia (noun) repetition (noun)
(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) the act of doing or performing again
an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
an event that repeats
Difference between echolalia and repetition

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