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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Additionally, seek mentors from outside your field to broaden your perspective and avoid the limitations of an echo chamber. Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 Threats against corporations have been rising for years, fueled in part by the echo chamber of social media and a more polarized political environment, according to security professionals. Hugh Son, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 Why it got resurrected and shot around the right-wing echo chamber last week is a mystery. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 Musk has transformed the site into a Republican media hub and an overall echo chamber amplifying right-wing ideologies, according to academic research, public opinion surveys, various X data and reports about X working directly with Trump’s campaign. Char Adams, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024 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 18 Dec. 2024.

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