perpetuating
Making something last
Perpetuating is the present participle of perpetuate, meaning to cause something to continue indefinitely or to preserve from extinction.
The word often carries negative connotations—systems perpetuate inequality, myths perpetuate themselves, cycles of violence perpetuate across generations: Stop perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
But it can be neutral: perpetuating a family tradition.
Maintaining over time
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- prolongingExtending in time
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- extendingIncreasing in reach
upholding · carrying on · protracting · continuing · furthering · advancing · renewing · supporting
Act of redoing
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- loopCurve closing on itself
- chainLinked segments forming length
- vicious circleSelf-reinforcing negative loop
feedback loop · pattern · cycle · iteration · recursion · regeneration · reproduction · replication
Custom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
values · culture · bloodline · dynasty · ancestry · inheritance · continuity · passing down
Oversimplified beliefs about groups
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
bias · racism · oppression · myths · misinformation · violence · poverty · systemic
sustaining
Maintaining over time
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- prolongingExtending in time
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
extending · upholding · carrying on · protracting · continuing · furthering · advancing · renewing · supporting · bolstering
repetition
Act of redoing
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- loopCurve closing on itself
- chainLinked segments forming length
vicious circle · feedback loop · pattern · cycle · iteration · recursion · regeneration · reproduction · replication · snowballing
tradition
Custom passed through generations
customs · values · culture · bloodline · dynasty · ancestry · inheritance · continuity · passing down · transmission
stereotypes
Oversimplified beliefs about groups
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
prejudice · bias · racism · oppression · myths · misinformation · violence · poverty · systemic · structural
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- formalizingformalizing, institutionalizing, officializing, establishing, codifying
perpetuatingending
Final portion of something
stopping · halting · terminating · ceasing · concluding
perpetuatingeliminating
Removing from consideration
destroying · eradicating · abolishing · extinguishing · dismantling
perpetuatinginterrupting
Breaking in mid-speech
disrupting · breaking · severing · curtailing · undermining