Phrase guide

echo chamber

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A room or other enclosed space that is highly conducive to the production of echoes, particularly one that has been designed and built for this purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sound effect that may be applied to live or recorded sounds through a sound editing process, which creates the impression that the sounds originated in an enclosed space which was conducive to producing echoes or echoing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An environment in which a person is exposed to only those beliefs and opinions that agree with their own, so that their existing views are magnified and reinforced while alternative ideas are not expressed or considered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circle jerk, filter bubble, hugbox, mutual admiration society

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclosure

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cambra d’eco — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回音室 (huíyīnshì) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混響室 /混响室 (hùnxiǎngshì) — room
  • Danish: ekkorum — room
  • Esperanto: eĥoĉambro — room
  • Finnish: kaikukammio — room
  • French: chambre réverbérante — room
  • Georgian: ექო-კამერა (eko-ḳamera) — room
  • Georgian: ექოს კამერა (ekos ḳamera) — room
  • German: Hallraum — room
  • German: Nachhallraum — room
  • German: Echokammer — room
  • Indonesian: kamar gema — room
  • Portuguese: câmara de eco — room
  • Russian: эхо-ка́мера (exo-kámera) — room
  • Spanish: cámara de eco — room
  • Spanish: cámara de resonancia — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回聲效果 /回声效果 (huíshēng xiàoguǒ) — sound effect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混響效果 /混响效果 (hùnxiǎng xiàoguǒ) — sound effect
  • Finnish: kaikukammio — sound effect
  • French: chambre d'écho — sound effect
  • French: écho — sound effect
  • German: Nachhall — sound effect
  • Russian: эхо-ка́мера (exo-kámera) — sound effect
  • Arabic: غُرْفَة الصَّدَى — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Bulgarian: ехо камера (eho kamera) — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信息繭房 /信息茧房 (xìnxī jiǎnfáng) — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Esperanto: eĥoĉambro — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Finnish: kaikukammio — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Finnish: sosiaalinen kupla — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • French: chambre d'échos — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • French: caisse de résonance — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • German: Echokammer — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • German: Echoraum — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Indonesian: kamar gema — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Malay: tempurung — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekkokammer — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Polish: kółko wzajemnej adoracji — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Polish: komora pogłosowa — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Portuguese: câmara de eco — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Russian: эхо-камера (exo-kamera) — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Sicilian: càmmira di l'icu — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Spanish: burbuja de opinión — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Spanish: cámara de eco — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Swedish: ekokammare — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Ukrainian: ехо-камера (exo-kamera) — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Welsh: siambr adlais — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions
  • Zhuang: ranzreh saenqsik — environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions