Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-perpetuating

/sˌɛlfpɚpˈɛtʃuˌeɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: self--per-pet-u-at-ing
IPA: /sˌɛlfpɚpˈɛtʃuˌeɪtɪŋ/

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing itself to continue to exist.

Example Sentences

"The committee was self-perpetuating: all it did was hold a meeting to decide when the next meeting was, and consume funds to do so."
"It's a self-perpetuating error, now that we've made it, we can't fix it without breaking things that depend on it."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English perpetuating English self-perpetuating From self- + perpetuating.

Inflected Forms

more self-perpetuating (comparative) most self-perpetuating (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

n

Questions

How do you pronounce self-perpetuating?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˌɛlfpɚpˈɛtʃuˌeɪtɪŋ/.
What does self-perpetuating mean?: Causing itself to continue to exist.
Where does self-perpetuating come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English perpetuating English self-perpetuating From self- + perpetuating.

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