self-perpetuation
- a word derived from self-perpetuating.
Example Sentences
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It is a nice idea, to think that life begets life — or that life on Earth works towards a larger purpose of self-perpetuation.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022
Not merely a product of a closed system of French cinematic self-celebration and self-perpetuation, “My Golden Days” is more or less its perfect self-representation, its ideal export.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2016
Insulated by layers of officialdom and protected by an almost biological instinct for self-perpetuation, the bureaucratic organism stubbornly resists change.
From Time Magazine Archive
His reflex action toward self-perpetuation following crisis only underscores his lack of humanism and moral courage.
From Time Magazine Archive
That a biogenetics company, for instance, can do this better than an organization engaged in bureaucratic self-perpetuation is a fair assumption.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
