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 Week Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
And fortunately, Erik Bork, the director of that film, really wanted to check his own biases and echo chambers and invited us and others to help advise him on the script and to ensure that the script itself is not painting a caricature of the characters.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 June 2026
That is the first thing to understand about the echo chamber of excellence.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
However, some have criticized this practice as a means of creating echo chambers within the digital sphere.
—Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
And fortunately, Erik Bork, the director of that film, really wanted to check his own biases and echo chambers and invited us and others to help advise him on the script and to ensure that the script itself is not painting a caricature of the characters.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 June 2026
That is the first thing to understand about the echo chamber of excellence.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
However, some have criticized this practice as a means of creating echo chambers within the digital sphere.
—Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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 5 Jun. 2026.
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