English Dictionary

perseveration

/pəˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

(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.

Perseveration is the key to success.

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.