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

Examples of echo chamber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Algorithmic recommendation engines that power everything from X to YouTube can even contribute to a slow-burn destabilization of American society by shoving consumers into partisan echo chambers that increase polarization and erode social trust. —Seth Ashley, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025

News articles, student essays, corporate reports, and even books are composed by LLMs — contributing to a virtual echo chamber where certain perspectives are amplified, while others fade into the background. —Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025

And not just those unreconstructed Confederates who write books quoting each other in their echo chambers suggesting the War wasn't about slavery but about economics and states' rights. —arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025

As more and more people turn to social media, for both news and entertainment, Americans are getting stuck in the ultimate echo chamber (what tech companies call an algorithm) that only furthers division and othering. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for echo chamber

• antechamber
• bedchamber