perseveration

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Durvasula added that "stubbornness could be viewed as a form of perseveration, again, an executive function in the brain."

From Salon

Instead, by a principle you might call the perseveration of enmity, a new population stepped in to take up the slack: mostly middle-class Protestants from other suburbs now mixing with ours at a new school.

From New York Times

Your hesitation and his perseveration suggest the emotional health of your marriage warrants a closer look.

From Washington Post

Mr. Bruck seeded his speech with words like “abnormal,” “irrationality,” “senselessness,” “delusional,” “obsession” and “perseveration,” a psychiatric term referring to the uncontrollable repetition of a particular response.

From New York Times

Psychologists call stubborn and irrational persistence in repeating an act or behavior “perseveration,” defined as the attempt to overcome past failures by trying again at the same task.

From Salon