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perseveration
noun[ C or U ]
psychology specializeduk /pəˌsev.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ us /pɚˌsev.ɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of saying or doing something repeatedly when there is no longer any reason to do so:
Many of the errors that the children made consisted of verbal substitutions and perseverations.
Perseveration may be a sign that a child is on the autism spectrum.
Please do not test our patience with your endless perseverations.
The patient's symptoms included perseveration, sleep disorder, and severe lethargy.
He sometimes spoke very loudly, and at other times he exhibited perseveration.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Repeating an action
be at it againidiom
be/sound like a broken recordidiom
binge-watch
bingeable
blitz
déjà vu
here
here we go (again)idiom
iteration
iterative
iteratively
keep your eye inidiom
repetitive
replicable
reprise
reproduce
reproducible
reproducibly
reread
rewrite
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perseverate
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