Echolalic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Echolalic is an adjective meaning (clinical psychology) Of or pertaining to echolalia.
Meaning
(clinical psychology) Of or pertaining to echolalia.
More Meanings
- A person who exhibits echolalia.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- echolalics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include echolocative, echolocational, echolocatory, echopractic, echopraxic, echoic.
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