Self-perpetuating Definition

sĕlfpər-pĕcho͝o-ātĭng
adjective
Of a kind that causes or promotes indefinite continuation or renewal of itself or oneself.
A self-perpetuating caste system.
Webster's New World

Causing itself to continue to exist.

The committee was self-perpetuating: all it did was hold a meeting to decide when the next meeting was, and consume funds to do so.
It's a self-perpetuating error, now that we've made it, we can't fix it without breaking things that depend on it.
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Self-perpetuating Sentence Examples

  • Until you discover how to break free, the " no money trap " is often self-perpetuating and certainly soul destroying.

  • There is, here, the real risk of a self-perpetuating oligarchy.

  • Could this indicate that much of the self-perpetuating nature of Christian scholasticism is based on prejudice instead of fact?

  • This is part and parcel of an overall tendency for self-perpetuating elites to dominate fields.

  • Fewer members at this level means less manpower for recruiting new affiliates, leading to a self-perpetuating circle of deterioration.

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