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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Second is sycophancy, where AI chatbots tend to reinforce users’ existing biases rather than challenge them, creating echo chambers that amplify certainty in one’s beliefs.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Worried about his parents’ well-being, Noah ventures out of his liberal Brooklyn echo chamber to travel home to Virginia.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Social media multiplies this effect, pushing us into echo chambers that reinforce a limited sense of self.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
The platforms that once promised to give everyone a voice are now echo chambers.
—Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Worried about his parents’ well-being, Noah ventures out of his liberal Brooklyn echo chamber to travel home to Virginia.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Social media multiplies this effect, pushing us into echo chambers that reinforce a limited sense of self.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
The platforms that once promised to give everyone a voice are now echo chambers.
—Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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