Dictionary

echo chamber en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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.
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.
3. (broadly, figuratively) 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.
   • But she [Erika Kirk] said that her husband loved a good debate, and she promised attendees that they would hear ideas at the event that they might not agree with. “AmFest is not about echo chambers,” she said. 2025 December 20, Richard Fausset, Ken Bensinger, quoting Erika Kirk, “Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • But it would resound in the conservative media's echo chamber. 2007, Susan Faludi, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America:
   • The videos were tailored for the “echo chamber” that is often created by social media networks like YouTube. To keep you watching, YouTube serves up videos similar to those you have watched before. 2021 April 15, Cade Metz, “Feeding Hate With Video: A Former Alt-Right YouTuber Explains His Methods”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • “What you’re going to end up doing is amplifying within an echo chamber, which is really different from what the movement wants,” said Dana Fisher, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland whose research focuses on activism. 2020 March 19, Shola Lawal, quoting Dana Fisher, “Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a Plan”, in New York Times:

Forms

Coordinates

filter bubble · groupthink · conformity bias · peer pressure

Relateds

cross-promotion

Synonyms

circle jerk · mutual admiration society · hugbox · filter bubble

Translations (48)

da ekkorum (room) · za ranzreh saenqsik (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · ka ექოს კამერა (room) · fr chambre réverbérante (room) · de Hallraum (room) · ca cambra d’eco (room) · pt câmara de eco (room) · bg ехо камера (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · id kamar gema (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · fi kaikukammio (sound effect) · fi sosiaalinen kupla (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · pt câmara de eco (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · fr caisse de résonance (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · cmn 回聲效果 /回声效果 (sound effect) · id kamar gema (room) · ru эхо-камера (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · ms tempurung (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · de Echokammer (room) · de Nachhallraum (room) · pl komora pogłosowa (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · ar غُرْفَة الصَّدَى (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · es cámara de eco (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · ru эхо-ка́мера (room) · cmn 回音室 (room) · fr chambre d'échos (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · ka ექო-კამერა (room) · es cámara de resonancia (room) · nb ekkokammer (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · fr chambre d'écho (sound effect) · ru эхо-ка́мера (sound effect) · de Nachhall (sound effect) · es burbuja de opinión (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · fi kaikukammio (room) · pl kółko wzajemnej adoracji (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · eo eĥoĉambro (room) · de Echokammer (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · eo eĥoĉambro (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · de Echoraum (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · uk ехо-камера (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · fi kaikukammio (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · scn càmmira di l'icu (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · cmn 混響效果 /混响效果 (sound effect) · cy siambr adlais (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · es cámara de eco (room) · cmn 混響室 /混响室 (room) · fr écho (sound effect) · sv ekokammare (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) · cmn 信息繭房 /信息茧房 (environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions)