perseverations

Noun

perseveration (countable and uncountable, plural perseverations)

1. An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.
2. The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
3. The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.
4. (derogatory) An argument by repetition; a mantra.
   • Being subjected to this mantra once more re-evokes the perseveration we routinely suffer in the moral ambiguity characterising our supposedly post-politics milieu.2006 February 1, Mark Furlong, “Just keep walking: shame has become passe, a victim of a culture that views it as an impediment to achieving one's own ends. But at what cost to how we treat others....