Meanings
nounpalilalia (usually uncountable, plural palilalias)
plural palilalias
- uncountableusuallyclinical psychologyA complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian палилалия
- палилалия (palilalija)tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Catalan palilàlia
- palilàliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Finnish palilalia
- palilaliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
French palilalie
- palilalietic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
German Palilalie
- Palilalietic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Italian palilalia
- palilaliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Polish palilalia
- palilaliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Portuguese palilalia
- palilaliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Russian палилалия
- палилалия (palilalija)tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Spanish palilalia
- palilaliatic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with palilalia
AustraliadahliaparaphernaliaazaleagenitaliaregaliamarginaliasaturnaliaPharsaliarealiaglossolaliaLupercaliaecholaliafemaliaLincolnaliapenetralia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
palilalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palilalia
MLA
“palilalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palilalia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palilalia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palilalia.
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