perpetuation

Also per·pet·u·ance

[per-pech-oo-ey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of causing something to continue or go on happening.

   The object of the sorority, among others, is the perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship, and sisterly love among its members.

2. the act of preserving something from extinction or oblivion.

   I spent many months writing the biographies of my father and grandfather to aid in the perpetuation of their memory.

Other Word Forms

• nonperpetuance noun
• nonperpetuation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of perpetuation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin perpetuātiōn-, stem of perpetuātiō “a making uninterrupted, preservation”; perpetuate ( def. ), -ion ( def. )

Example Sentences

He said when police became involved she continued to deny she had lied, in a "perpetuation of sinister dishonesty".

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The consequence of this is the perpetuation of white mediocrity.

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He was referring to the societal and systemic factors that contribute to the perpetuation of poverty, like economic inequity, discrimination and inadequate social safety nets.

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"There is only the perpetuation, however flawed and feeble you might perceive it, of our fragile 249-year-old experiment or the entropy that will engulf and destroy us if we take the other route," he continued.

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And yet, as viewers learn by the end of "Baby Reindeer," Martha's serial-stalking tendencies are a perpetuation of pain she weathered as a child, in an ostensibly unstable home.

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