Echolalic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who exhibits echolalia.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to echolalia. not-comparable

    "Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words."

Example

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"Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words."

Etymology

From echolalia + -ic.

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