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UK
/pəpˌɛtʃuːˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /pɝˌpɛtʃəˈweɪʃən/ ]
[ US /pɝˌpɛtʃəˈweɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the act of prolonging something
there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks
How To Use perpetuation In A Sentence
- For it is hard not to agree with Lucio that the Duke is a ‘seemer’ manipulating the other characters for the perpetuation and exaltation of his own power.
- Your only claim can be that it is the best possible artifice for the perpetuation of life, or that it is the only perfect, all-sufficient, and all-satisfying arti - fice that man can devise. The Kempton-Wace Letters
- These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
- The perpetuation of thinking that what we got Election Day is fundamentally better than what John McCain would have been pacifies the masses, keeps the civil unrest significantly depressed, and quells the anger and frustration many are feeling. One Year On, Obama's "Yes We Can" is Now "Incremental Change We Can Believe In"
- This is the thing which some fools call fickleness; but which is not the death of feeling, but rather its dreadful perpetuation; this shyness is the final seal of strong sentiment; this coldness is an eternal constancy. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
- This in short is a highly deflationary Budget, which, far from promoting growth, would only contribute to a perpetuation and accentuation of the prevailing demand constraint.
- Everything, for the thinking alector must understand that sentience of a lasting nature is rare, and that no price is too high to pay for the perpetuation of a society that enshrines sentience. Soarer's Choice
- A society must emphasize self-perpetuation and making parenting easier is a necessary and laudable goal. Layard and Happiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- Druids, are but perpetuations of the grove and temple forms of the ancient astrolatry. Astral Worship
- These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.