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perpetuate
[per-pech-oo-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false): Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
Social media played a significant role in perpetuating political divisions.
Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
to preserve from extinction or oblivion: perpetuate the species.
to perpetuate one's name;
perpetuate the species.
Synonyms: , , ,
perpetuate
/ əˈɛʊˌɪ /
verb
(tr) to cause to continue or prevail
to perpetuate misconceptions
Other Word Forms
- perpetuable adjective
- perpetuation noun
- perpetuance noun
- perpetuator noun
- unperpetuable adjective
- unperpetuating adjective
- ˌٳˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
Example Sentences
Observers have seen these methods as the way to perpetuate a soft-authoritarianism, enacted smoothly without the violence that authoritarian governments have traditionally employed to quell opposition and consolidate power.
" we really need is to flip the dial on that," he says."Otherwise, if we don't do that, we will continue to see these inequalities perpetuated."
They say they want to perpetuate cultural appreciation, rather than appropriation.
This episode perpetuates stereotypes and harms the progress made at the two schools by other coaches and other athletes.
There has been a perpetuated narrative that Postecoglou's position depended solely on success in the Europa League.
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