Home › Words › C › cataphasiacataphasiacataphasia means A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.EtymologyFrom cata- + -phasia.nounA speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cataphonics 62% match — Synonym of catacoustics. vs cataphasia →acataphasia 61% match — A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax vs cataphasia →dysphrasia 61% match — A speech defect characterised by an inability to put words into an intelligible order vs cataphasia →tachyphemia 61% match — rapid speech, often having erratic rhythm and grammar and mixed with irrelevant words. vs cataphasia →cataphoric 61% match — Of or relating to cataphora. vs cataphasia →cataphora 60% match — The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. vs cataphasia →agitophasia 60% match — A condition characterized by abnormally rapid speech in which words, sounds, or syllables are unconsciously omitted, slurred, or distorted. vs cataphasia →cataphonic 60% match — Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic. vs cataphasia →