perseveration
/pɚˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Being subjected to this mantra once more re-evokes the perseveration we routinely suffer in the moral ambiguity characterising our supposedly post-politics milieu."
- "Perseveration with demonstrably false arguments. This is illustrated for creationism by the ability to construct an Index to Creationist Claims which describes the plethora of such false arguments, rebutted over and over in the scientific literature but persisted in by creationists."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/
- British English: /pəˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/