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echolalic

echolalic adjective: of or pertaining to echolalia.

Adjective

echolalic (not comparable)

  1. 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

echolalic (plural echolalics)

  1. A person who exhibits echolalia.

Forms of echolalic

pluralecholalics

Origin of echolalic

From echolalia + -ic.

Words that rhyme with echolalic

Questions about echolalic

What does echolalic mean?
Echolalic means of or pertaining to echolalia.
What part of speech is echolalic?
Echolalic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near echolalic in the dictionary

  1. echoizing
  2. echokinesis
  3. echokinetic
  4. echolalia
  5. echolalias
  6. echolalic
  7. echolalics
  8. echoless
  9. echolessness
  10. echolike
  11. echolocalization

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