echolalia

noun
🔊/ˌekəʊˈleɪliə/
🔊/ˌekəʊˈleɪliə/
[uncountable] (medical医学)
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  1. the act of repeating everything somebody says, as a result of a mental disorderTopics Illnessc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ēkhō ‘echo’ + lalia ‘speech’.