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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The present is always coming at us so hard and fast that the unexamined past fades more from consciousness in the echo chamber of the now.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead of developing arguments or persuading people, both sides have retreated to their silos and erected their own media echo chambers.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
As users clicked, shared, and argued, social media turned into an echo chamber that amplified extreme voices and buried nuance.
—Jeremy H. Gottschalk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For me, in making Torn, one of my most important goals was to break the echo chambers and polarization, and hopefully invite a conversation.
—Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead of developing arguments or persuading people, both sides have retreated to their silos and erected their own media echo chambers.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
As users clicked, shared, and argued, social media turned into an echo chamber that amplified extreme voices and buried nuance.
—Jeremy H. Gottschalk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For me, in making Torn, one of my most important goals was to break the echo chambers and polarization, and hopefully invite a conversation.
—Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for echo chamber
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“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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