echolalia

English Thesaurus

1. (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	repeating, repetition,
definition	:	the act of doing or performing again (noun.act)

domain category	:	psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology,
definition	:	the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (noun.cognition)

2. an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	echo,
definition	:	a reply that repeats what has just been said (noun.communication)