perseveration

Realize that the perseveration is a natural human inclination, and that it will subside.

This again makes it a case of perseveration of the sort stressed by Meringer, but of a longer duration.

It is therefore really to be designated as perseveration, but not necessarily as the perseveration of spoken words.

She showed such perseveration in many constrained positions.

Stereotypy and perseveration are other evidences of this narrowness of thought content.

In the foreground stands a strong tendency to perseveration.