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- [self per-pech-oo-eyt]
- /sɛlf pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt/
- /self pəˈpetʃ.u.eɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [self per-pech-oo-eyt]
- /sɛlf pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt/
Definitions of self-perpetuating word
- adjective self-perpetuating continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit. 1
- adjective self-perpetuating capable of indefinite continuation. 1
- adjective self-perpetuating (of machine, emotion, idea, etc) continuing or prevailing without any external agency or intervention 0
- adjective self-perpetuating of a kind that causes or promotes indefinite continuation or renewal of itself or oneself 0
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Origin of self-perpetuating
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
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Parts of speech for Self-perpetuating
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
self-perpetuating popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for self-perpetuating
adj self-perpetuating
- illimitable — incapable of being limited; limitless; boundless.
- measureless — too large or great to be measured; unlimited; immeasurable: a measureless distance; measureless contempt.
adjective self-perpetuating
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
Antonyms for self-perpetuating
adjective self-perpetuating
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- completing — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
- finishing — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
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