echolalic

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From echolalia + -ic.

Clinical psychology, Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Of or pertaining to echolalia.

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.1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:

noun

Etymology From echolalia + -ic.

A person who exhibits echolalia.

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