verbigeration
/vərˌbɪdʒəˈreɪʃən/
noun
- The act of repeating words or phrases over and over, often without meaning or in a mechanical way.
- In some mental health conditions, verbigeration is a symptom where the person repeats the same word many times.
- The patient's verbigeration made it hard for the doctor to have a normal conversation.
- The teacher noticed the student's verbigeration during the test, as he kept muttering 'pass, pass, pass.'
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