echophenomenon

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noun

Any of a group of automatic imitative actions performed without explicit awareness of the individual, including echolalia, echopraxia, echographia and so forth.

OriginEnglish phenomenon ← Late Latin phaenomenon ← Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon) →
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Meanings

nounechophenomenon (plural echophenomena)

plural echophenomena

  1. human sciencesAny of a group of automatic imitative actions performed without explicit awareness of the individual, including echolalia, echopraxia, echographia and so forth.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Englishecho-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  10. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  11. Late Latinphaenomenon
  12. Englishphenomenon
  13. Englishechophenomenon

From echo- + phenomenon.

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APA

echophenomenon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echophenomenon

MLA

“echophenomenon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echophenomenon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echophenomenon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echophenomenon.

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