echolalic

echolalic

English

Etymology

echolalia +‎ -ic

Adjective

echolalic (not comparable)

1. (clinical psychology) Of or pertaining to echolalia.
   • 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:

     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.

Translations

of or pertaining to echolalia

French: écholalique m, f

Irish: macallach

Noun

echolalic (plural echolalics)

1. An individual who exhibits echolalia.