Antonyms for perseveration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-sev-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˌsɛv əˈreɪ ʃən |
Definition of perseveration
Origin :- early 15c., "duration, quality of persisting; will to persevere," from Old French perseveracion "persistence, stubbornness" (13c.) and directly, from Latin perseverationem (nominative perseveratio), noun of action from past participle stem of perseverare (see persevere). Psychological sense (1915) is from German.
- As in repetition : noun duplication; doing again
- Stereotypy and perseveration are other evidences of this narrowness of thought content.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- In the foreground stands a strong tendency to perseveration.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- These are plainly reactions of the path of least resistance or, in these instances, of perseveration.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- This again makes it a case of perseveration of the sort stressed by Meringer, but of a longer duration.
- Extract from : « A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis » by Sigmund Freud
- It is therefore really to be designated as perseveration, but not necessarily as the perseveration of spoken words.
- Extract from : « A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis » by Sigmund Freud
Synonyms for perseveration
- alliteration
- broken record
- chant
- chorus
- copy
- echo
- encore
- ingemination
- iteracy
- iterance
- iteration
- litany
- paraphrase
- periodicity
- perseveration
- practice
- reappearance
- recapitulation
- recital
- recurrence
- redundancy
- rehearsal
- reiteration
- relation
- renewal
- reoccurrence
- repeat
- repetitiousness
- replication
- report
- reproduction
- restatement
- return
- rhythm
- rote
- staccato
- tautology
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