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Definition of: perseveration
(pər·sev′ə·rā′shən) noun Psychol.
1. The continual repetition of an activity or mental state.
2. The spontaneous recurrence in the mind of the same idea, phrase, tune, mental image, etc., irrespective of associative factors.
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