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[ self-per-pech-oo-ey-ting, self- ] / ˈsɛlf pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪ tɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-perpetuating ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecontinuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit. capable of indefinite continuation. Origin of self-perpetuatingFirst recorded in 1815–25 OTHER WORDS FROM self-perpetuatingself-per·pet·u·a·tion, nounWords nearby self-perpetuatingself-operating, self-opinion, self-opinionated, self-paced, self-parody, self-perpetuating, self-pity, self-plagiarism, self-poised, self-pollinate, self-pollination Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-perpetuatingLong-term unemployment isn't special just because it's longer; it's special because it's self-perpetuating. D.C. Decides That Unemployment Is So 2009|David Frum|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST In war and in peace, inevitable, self-perpetuating economies arise around the smuggling of illicit goods. Bootleg Empire: America the Smuggler Nation|Cameron Martin|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Independent voters increasingly see both parties as captives of corrupt, self-serving and self-perpetuating political machinery. The GOP Game Plan for 2010|Denis Calabrese|September 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST The pendulum swing of politics has a funny way of self-perpetuating. Obama's New 'Best Friends'|John Avlon|August 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The somatoplasm can only in the most general way affect the self-perpetuating, close corporation of the germ-plasm. The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler Its current development appears to be motivated by a self-perpetuating drive: knowledge for the sake of knowledge. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin The body was self-perpetuating and very careful to maintain its respectability in the election of new members. Memoir of John Howe Peyton|Various The proposal contained within itself that self-perpetuating power, for which the schemes of slave-owners are so remarkable. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans|Lydia Maria Child They are all self-perpetuating, yet always passing into new forms. I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for self-perpetuating
adjective(of machine, emotion, idea, etc) continuing or prevailing without any external agency or intervention Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-perpetuatingcontinuous, constant, monotonous, eternal, limitless, unlimited, never-ending, incessant, unending, continual, boundless, ceaseless, perpetual, unfathomable, infinite, untold, interminable, uninterrupted, unbroken, countless |