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self-perpetuating

UK
/ˌself.pəˈpetʃ.u.eɪ.tɪŋ/
US
/ˌsɛlf.pɚˈpɛtʃ.u.eɪ.tɪŋ/

Translations

self-perpetuatinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˌself.pəˈpetʃ.u.eɪ.tɪŋ/
US
/ˌsɛlf.pɚˈpɛtʃ.u.eɪ.tɪŋ/
Participial adjective; used both attributively and predicatively. Not a verb form in this entry.
auto-entretenuSe dit surtout d’un mécanisme, d’un processus ou d’un cycle qui se maintient et se reproduit de lui-même.
Poverty can become a self-perpetuating cycle.
La pauvreté peut devenir un cycle auto-entretenu.
Synonyms
self-sustaining
self-renewing
self-replicating
self-propagating
self-maintaining
self-supporting
self-reinforcing
auto-sustaining
Antonyms
dependent
non-self-sustaining
self-limiting
externally sustained
externally driven
temporary
finite

Definitions

self-perpetuatinggerund / present participle
causing itself to continue or recur through its own effects or operation
Poverty can become a self-perpetuating cycle.
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