English Dictionary

perseveration

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

（心理学における）刺激の不在または終了にもかかわらず、特定の反応（言葉、フレーズ、ジェスチャーなど）が制御不能に繰り返される現象、しばしば脳損傷やその他の有機的障害による症状

The neurologist explained that the patient's perseveration, an uncontrollable repetition of words or gestures despite the absence of a prompting stimulus, was caused by frontal lobe damage.

神経科医は、患者が刺激がなくなっても言葉や仕草を繰り返してしまうという制御できない反復が前頭葉の損傷によって引き起こされたことを説明した。

意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

(psychology) The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.

意味（3）

The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.

意味（4）

Argument by repetition; a mantra.

Being subjected to this mantra once more re-evokes the perseveration we routinely suffer in the moral ambiguity characterising our supposedly post-politics milieu.

perseverations （ plural ）