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Echolalia vs Palilalia - What's the difference?

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In clinical psychology terms the difference between echolalia and palilalia

is that echolalia is the immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another while palilalia is a complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.

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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    palilalia

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
  • See also

    * echolalia