Perseveration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Psychology Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
  • n. Psychology The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
  • n. The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
  • n. The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
  • n. The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.
  • n. Argument by repetition; a mantra.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
  • n. the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
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