perseverate
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prettygoodwordperseverate - v., to repeat something insistently or redundantly.
Especially, in psychology, repeating a response after the cessation of the original stimulus. Back-formation from perseveration, itself from persevere + -ation, the act of persevering, so originally a synonym for perseverance.
---L.
Especially, in psychology, repeating a response after the cessation of the original stimulus. Back-formation from perseveration, itself from persevere + -ation, the act of persevering, so originally a synonym for perseverance.
---L.
