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
James SurowieckiExamples of echo chamber in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Human Cost Nobody Wants To Quantify While the Davos echo chamber is full of panels, dinners and selfies, the WEF’s own data reveals what’s actually coming.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Week Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
Despite this year’s record attendance of 850 CEOs and 65 heads of state, Davos faces a growing perception as an echo chamber for elites whose global standing has waned, seen as both unpopular and toothless.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
His head is an empty echo chamber residing between his ears (the good one and the one miraculously healed after that assassin’s bullet).
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for echo chamber
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Week Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
Despite this year’s record attendance of 850 CEOs and 65 heads of state, Davos faces a growing perception as an echo chamber for elites whose global standing has waned, seen as both unpopular and toothless.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
His head is an empty echo chamber residing between his ears (the good one and the one miraculously healed after that assassin’s bullet).
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for echo chamber
Cite this Entry
“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
