different between echolalia vs echopraxia

English

Etymology

From echo +? -lalia; Latin ?ch? from Ancient Greek ??? (?kh?, “reflected sound, echo”), and -lalia from Ancient Greek ????? (laliá, “talk, chat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?(?)?le?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ko??le?li?/
• Rhymes: -e?li?

Noun

echolalia (countable and uncountable, plural echolalias)

1. (clinical psychology) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.
2. An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
3. Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
   • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 50:

     There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.

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References

• “echolalia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “echolalia” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ??? (repetition) and ?????? (action).

Noun

echopraxia (plural echopraxias)

1. The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

Related terms

• echolalia

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