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Synonyms for perpetuation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-pech-oo-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for perpetuation Other synonyms for the word perpetuation
- afterlife
- ages and ages
- assiduity
- augmenting
- canning
- ceaselessness
- constancy
- continuance
- continuing
- continuity
- continuum
- curing
- deathlessness
- defense
- dependability
- durability
- duration
- endlessness
- endurance
- enduring
- eternality
- eternalness
- eternity
- evaporation
- everlasting life
- everlastingness
- extension
- forever
- freezing
- furtherance
- going on
- guard
- guardianship
- guts
- hereafter
- immutability
- increase
- increasing
- infinity
- keeping
- line
- longevity
- maintaining
- period
- permanence
- permanency
- perpetuating
- perpetuation
- perpetuity
- persistence
- persisting
- pickling
- postscript
- preserval
- preservation
- preserving
- producing
- production
- prolongation
- prolonging
- propagation
- protracting
- protraction
- refrigeration
- run
- safeguard
- safekeeping
- salvation
- saving
- sequel
- shield
- spell
- stability
- stretch
- succession
- supplement
- support
- survival
- sustaining
- sustenance
- sustentation
- tanning
- tenacity
- term
- tide
- time
- timelessness
- upholding
- vitality
- ward
Définition of perpetuation
Origin :- late 14c., from Medieval Latin perpetuationem (nominative perpetuatio), noun of action from past participle stem of perpetuare (see perpetuate).
- As in preservation : noun maintenance, protection
- As in permanence : noun continuity
- As in endlessness : noun everlastingness
- As in eternality : noun endlessness
- As in eternalness : noun endlessness
- As in everlastingness : noun immortality
- As in persistency : noun continuation
- As in continuance : noun duration
- As in continuation : noun addition; maintenance
- As in duration : noun length of action, event
- This, I repeat, is no argument for the perpetuation of the old ways of aggression.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- She was but a girl, a thing of small account where the perpetuation of a family was at issue.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- I remembered that he had looked to you for the perpetuation of his visionary soul.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- They are self-preservation and the perpetuation of the species.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- No other moth can fulfil the conditions necessary to its perpetuation.
- Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
- And even if one was so, what chance was there of the perpetuation of such a variation?
- Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
- It is a perpetuation of the mores of the lowest free classes in the Roman world.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The perpetuation of the species must not depend upon the license of immaturity.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland
- Safety is to be found only in avoiding the perpetuation of the mischief.
- Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
Antonyms for perpetuation
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