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Perseverate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. Psychology To manifest or experience perseveration.

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v. describing the behavior, generally displayed by those with various developmental disabilities, of extraordinary, exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail or occurrence others consider minor.

v. to repeat or continue a pattern.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus

Word Usage

"This propensity to perseverate is sometimes self-destructive, as when I am unable to stop practicing a single piece on the piano or to quit solitaire, but"

Verb Form

perseverated perseverating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

retell restate reiterate repeat ingeminate

Form

perseveration perseveratory

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

to or obsession excess qualifier