self-perpetuating
adjective
continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
self-perpetuation
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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
The technostructure's chief aim is self-perpetuation through corporate growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The change not only ensures the end of self-perpetuation but serves tactful notice to many members that they can either resign gracefully before December or be rudely ousted at the convention.
From Time Magazine Archive
The physical eunuch does not feel the need of reproducing himself carnally, in the body, and neither does the spiritual eunuch feel the hunger for self-perpetuation.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
