PERPETUATION Definition & Meaning

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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.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perpetuation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin ��ٳ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��ٳ��پ�ō “a making uninterrupted, preservation”; perpetuate ( def ), -ion ( def )

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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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“I’m just tired of the perpetuation of this idea that my art form is somehow evil,” Larsen said.

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