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.
Poverty can become a self-perpetuating cycle.
Бедность может стать самоподдерживающимся циклом.
Antonyms
externally driven
externally sustained