Perpetuate
verb
To make something continue, often something that is wrong or unwanted.
His speeches perpetuate the myth of his own power.
Often appears as...
- perpetuate the myth
- perpetuate the cycle
verb
To make something continue, often something that is wrong or unwanted.
His speeches perpetuate the myth of his own power.
Often appears as...
- perpetuate the myth
- perpetuate the cycle
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Often used for actions or situations that are considered harmful or which someone might want to stop.
The biased media coverage helps perpetuate negative attitudes towards the group.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintended Permanence
Can refer to making something last indefinitely without realizing the consequence.
Using plastic excessively perpetuates environmental harm.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation vs. Reality
May suggest continuing a belief or practice despite evidence to the contrary.
Ignoring facts can perpetuate myths about historical events.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Often used for actions or situations that are considered harmful or which someone might want to stop.
The biased media coverage helps perpetuate negative attitudes towards the group.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintended Permanence
Can refer to making something last indefinitely without realizing the consequence.
Using plastic excessively perpetuates environmental harm.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation vs. Reality
May suggest continuing a belief or practice despite evidence to the contrary.
Ignoring facts can perpetuate myths about historical events.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Often used for actions or situations that are considered harmful or which someone might want to stop.
The biased media coverage helps perpetuate negative attitudes towards the group.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintended Permanence
Can refer to making something last indefinitely without realizing the consequence.
Using plastic excessively perpetuates environmental harm.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation vs. Reality
May suggest continuing a belief or practice despite evidence to the contrary.
Ignoring facts can perpetuate myths about historical events.
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Your elusive creative...
Are you comfortable with that? Because you look at it even from an inch away and, you know -- I'm not at all comfortable with that assumption. I think it's odious. And I also think it's dangerous, and I don't want to see it perpetuated into the next century. I think it's better if we encourage our great creative minds to live.
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Why is it so hard to...
one of the many different poverty traps affecting millions of people around the world. Poverty traps are economic and environmental circumstances that reinforce themselves, perpetuating poverty for generations. Some poverty traps are tied to an individual’s circumstances, like a lack of access to healthy food or education.
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Flat Earth vs. Round...
the dark ages all right you're essentially perpetuating ignorance by denying science you know there's a real-life implication in all of this science has had its chance and they aren't putting up a defense I think that the flat earth could potentially uh sure in a new golden age or it could assure
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
So the Party self-corrects in rather dramatic fashions. Institutionally, new rules get enacted to correct previous dysfunctions. For example, term limits. Political leaders used to retain their positions for life, and they used that to accumulate power and perpetuate their rules.
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The true cost of gold - ...
and a corrupt system that perpetuates itself. Although Mali has abundant gold, the country lacks the infrastructure to mine and export it. So the government allows multinational corporations to apply for licenses to mine gold in exchange for taxes paid to Mali’s government.
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Can you outsmart the...
because it can have dire consequences in many situations. Failure to recognize the fact that a compromise between two positions, one of which is morally indefensible, is also morally indefensible, has helped to perpetuate countless injustices large and small.
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The data behind...
I want to talk about gender inequality in film. I want to tell you how it is perpetuated, and then I'm going to tell you how we're going to fix it. However, one caveat before I my data are really depressing. So I want to apologize in advance,
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How to understand power...
Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life. Politics is the work of harnessing that flow in a direction you prefer. Policymaking is an effort to freeze and perpetuate a particular flow of power.
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The legacy of dead...
celebrities even a listers fade away like the celluloid that made them famous but the few who make it to the posthumous a list are perpetuated in advertising campaigns circuses even bobblehead dolls and coffee mugs in life
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Hippo vs Lion Clan PIPE...
it's they who perpetuate the watery wonderland of the aquavanco
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Your elusive creative...
Are you comfortable with that? Because you look at it even from an inch away and, you know -- I'm not at all comfortable with that assumption. I think it's odious. And I also think it's dangerous, and I don't want to see it perpetuated into the next century. I think it's better if we encourage our great creative minds to live.
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Why is it so hard to...
one of the many different poverty traps affecting millions of people around the world. Poverty traps are economic and environmental circumstances that reinforce themselves, perpetuating poverty for generations. Some poverty traps are tied to an individual’s circumstances, like a lack of access to healthy food or education.
Video examples
Flat Earth vs. Round...
the dark ages all right you're essentially perpetuating ignorance by denying science you know there's a real-life implication in all of this science has had its chance and they aren't putting up a defense I think that the flat earth could potentially uh sure in a new golden age or it could assure
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
So the Party self-corrects in rather dramatic fashions. Institutionally, new rules get enacted to correct previous dysfunctions. For example, term limits. Political leaders used to retain their positions for life, and they used that to accumulate power and perpetuate their rules.
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The true cost of gold - ...
and a corrupt system that perpetuates itself. Although Mali has abundant gold, the country lacks the infrastructure to mine and export it. So the government allows multinational corporations to apply for licenses to mine gold in exchange for taxes paid to Mali’s government.
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Can you outsmart the...
because it can have dire consequences in many situations. Failure to recognize the fact that a compromise between two positions, one of which is morally indefensible, is also morally indefensible, has helped to perpetuate countless injustices large and small.
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The data behind...
I want to talk about gender inequality in film. I want to tell you how it is perpetuated, and then I'm going to tell you how we're going to fix it. However, one caveat before I my data are really depressing. So I want to apologize in advance,
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How to understand power...
Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life. Politics is the work of harnessing that flow in a direction you prefer. Policymaking is an effort to freeze and perpetuate a particular flow of power.
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The legacy of dead...
celebrities even a listers fade away like the celluloid that made them famous but the few who make it to the posthumous a list are perpetuated in advertising campaigns circuses even bobblehead dolls and coffee mugs in life
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Hippo vs Lion Clan PIPE...
it's they who perpetuate the watery wonderland of the aquavanco
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Henry Miller
American Author
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
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Jordan Peele
American Actor
Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
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Larry Wilcox
American Actor
Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
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Warren Farrell
American Writer
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid; why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.
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Kristen Stewart
American Actress
I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought.
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Simone de Beauvoir
French Writer
Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.
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Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
There is a myth that is being perpetuated that I am afraid of snakes. And I am not afraid of snakes!
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Henry Miller
American Author
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
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Jordan Peele
American Actor
Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
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Larry Wilcox
American Actor
Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
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Warren Farrell
American Writer
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid; why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.
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Kristen Stewart
American Actress
I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought.
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Simone de Beauvoir
French Writer
Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.
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Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
There is a myth that is being perpetuated that I am afraid of snakes. And I am not afraid of snakes!
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