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perpetuated

[ per-pech-oo-ey-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

constantly circulated or repeated, practiced, carried on, etc.:
The media certainly profits from the perpetuated myth that skinny equals healthy.
Illiteracy can cause a perpetuated cycle of poverty and low quality of life.
preserved from extinction or oblivion; kept alive:
Monuments are not only a cultural attraction, but the perpetuated memory of people and events.

First recorded in 1610–20; perpetuate + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; perpetuate + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Bidegain insists the media have perpetuated a misperception that the Border Patrol operates under its own set of rules.

The gender norms and unfair female body standards perpetuated on television are important to recognize and challenge.

And yes, as perpetuated in pop culture, the media, and magazines—everywhere.

It is clear that these cases contain a lot of biologically determined and socially perpetuated gender inequities.

In the wake of 26/11, Scott-Clark and Levy report, the ISI perpetuated the lie that the ten gunmen had been martyred in Kashmir.

I don't doubt that through them his method will be perpetuated, and even if he should die it would not be lost to the world.

It was, however, in a very different tone from the view holloa, and perpetuated much longer.

When the calling of officers cease, the kingdom of God ceases to be perpetuated upon the earth.

We require life in history, and it is for their vividness that the writings of Livy and Tacitus will be perpetuated.

The existence of the provinces perpetuated the existence of various classes of political rights.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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