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perseveration

[ per-sev-uh-rey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or process of perseverating.
Psychiatry. the pathological, persistent repetition of a word, gesture, or act, often associated with brain damage or schizophrenia.

perseveration

/ pɜːˌsɛvəˈreɪʃən /

the tendency for an impression, idea, or feeling to dissipate only slowly and to recur during subsequent experiences
an inability to change one's method of working when transferred from one task to another

1605–15 in sense “perseverance”; persevere + -ation, or < Latin perseverātiōn-, stem of persevērātiō

This again makes it a case of perseveration of the sort stressed by Meringer, but of a longer duration.

It is therefore really to be designated as perseveration, but not necessarily as the perseveration of spoken words.

She showed such perseveration in many constrained positions.

Stereotypy and perseveration are other evidences of this narrowness of thought content.

In the foreground stands a strong tendency to perseveration.

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