self-perpetuation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
self-perpetuation (usually uncountable, plural self-perpetuations)
- An act or state of something causing itself to continue to exist.
- 1994, Thomas Jeavons, When the Bottom Line is Faithfulness, page 65:
- One assumption that virtually all organizational theories and theorists seem to share is that every organization will devote itself to its own self-perpetuation. Experience suggests this assumption is generally well founded.
Related terms[edit]
- (adj): self-perpetuating