echo chamber

noun

: a room with sound-reflecting walls used for producing hollow or echoing sound effects
often used figuratively
Living in a kind of echo chamber of their own opinions, they pay attention to information that fits their conclusions and ignore information that does not.James Surowiecki

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With all the interior trimmings evicted and a track-only Borla exhaust fitted, the car becomes a deafening echo chamber when its Coyote is breathing. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 This time, there seems to be no regard for scientific truth; the myth is advanced at the highest levels of the federal government and amplified by social media’s echo chamber. Eleanor Menzin, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025 Monday's cartoons - immigrant jobs, crypto scams, and more Newsletter sign up By The Week US published 2 days ago Subscribe to The Week Escape your echo chamber. The Week Us, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024 However, this decentralization also comes with risks, such as misinformation and echo chambers. Jeffrey Herzog, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for echo chamber 

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of echo chamber was in 1842

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“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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