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self-perpetuation

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English

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Etymology

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From self- +‎ perpetuation.

Noun

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self-perpetuation (usually uncountable, plural self-perpetuations)

  1. An act or state of something causing itself to continue to exist.
    • 1994, Thomas Jeavons, When the Bottom Line is Faithfulness, page 65:
      One assumption that virtually all organizational theories and theorists seem to share is that every organization will devote itself to its own self-perpetuation. Experience suggests this assumption is generally well founded.
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