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Echolalia vs Echopraxia - What's the difference?

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Echopraxia is a related term of echolalia.



As nouns the difference between echolalia and echopraxia

is that echolalia is the immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another while echopraxia is the involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

echolalia

English

(wikipedia echolalia)

Noun

  • (clinical psychology) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.
  • An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
  • Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
  • * 1926 , , 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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    echopraxia

    English

    (wikipedia echopraxia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

    • Related terms

    * echolalia