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echo chamber

[ ek-oh cheym-ber ]

noun

  1. a room or other enclosed space that amplifies and reflects sound, generally used for broadcasting or recording echos or hollow sound effects: The hallway is a giant echo chamber.

    an open-air echo chamber;

    The hallway is a giant echo chamber.

  2. an environment in which the same opinions are repeatedly voiced and promoted, so that people are not exposed to opposing views: We need to move beyond the echo chamber of our network to understand diverse perspectives.

    an online echo chamber;

    We need to move beyond the echo chamber of our network to understand diverse perspectives.



echo chamber

noun

  1. a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting Also calledreverberation chamber
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of echo chamber1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them.

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Mia, who has exchanged messages with moderators on the website, describes the site as an "echo chamber" which can "push people over the edge".

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Pastor, who served on Bass’ transition team, cited the echo chamber of disinformation on X and right-wing political actors seizing on the crisis for their own ends.

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“The only way you can survive is to not be an echo chamber of one side.”

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Why it got resurrected and shot around the right-wing echo chamber last week is a mystery.

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