[VN] (formal) to make sth such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time:
to perpetuate inequality / injustice / conflict * This system perpetuated itself for several centuries. * Comics and books for children tend to perpetuate the myth that 'boys don't cry'.
perpetuation noun [U]
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