perpetuation

[ per-pech-oo-ey-shuhn ]

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noun

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.
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.

Origin of perpetuation

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

Also per·pet·u·ance [per-pech-oo-uhns] /pərˈpɛtʃ u əns/ .

Other words from perpetuation

non·per·pet·u·ance, noun
non·per·pet·u·a·tion, noun

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How to use perpetuation in a sentence

In this way, implicit racism is a factor in the Atlanta shootings and in the perpetuation of inequality in America more generally.
“Cancel culture” forgets most racism happens in private | Karyn Lacy | April 9, 2021 | Vox
The bare minimum of those responsibilities involves refusal to participate in delegitimization of an election by perpetuating a nonstop stream of disinformation.
Seditious Republicans must be held accountable | Jennifer Rubin | January 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Many of these rumors are spread by people who may not realize they are sharing questionable claims, and are sharing them to be helpful without realizing they are perpetuating them.
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Epidemic models that don’t account for structural racism and other social determinants of health result in policies that perpetuate inequality, even as they reduce disease transmission in the general population.
A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program - Issue 93: Forerunners | Melanie Moses & Kathy Powers | November 25, 2020 | Nautilus
To deal with this type of lying, then, fact checking would ideally be combined with efforts to have prominently respected figures from the outsider groups that help perpetuate lousy lies to educate and myth bust false claims.
‘I Won The Election’ – How Powerful People Use Lousy Lies To Twist Reality | LGBTQ-Editor | November 25, 2020 | No Straight News

Will his legacy be his willful perpetuation of the human rights travesty at Guantánamo, or will it be even worse?
Obama’s Catastrophic Guantánamo Failure | Baher Azmy | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And needless to say it's the GOP that depends on perpetuation of the fiction.
Budget Balancing and Jobs: It's the Other Way Around! | Michael Tomasky | March 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Conservation Commission will use these funds for the protection and perpetuation of the State's natural resources.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress | Various
I trust that the present note, through the medium of The Garden, will prevent the perpetuation of this error.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 | Various
Which was true, for Emily had gone with questions concerning perpetuation of type to her Aunt Cordelia.
Emmy Lou | George Madden Martin
The lecture under discussion was concerned with a matter called perpetuation of type.
Emmy Lou | George Madden Martin
As a subject for the remarks of the evening "The perpetuation of our political institutions" is selected.
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | Abraham Lincoln

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