单词 | self-perpetuation |
释义 | > as lemmasself-perpetuation self-perpetuation n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfpəpɛtʃʊˈeɪʃn/ , /ˌsɛlfpəpɛtjʊˈeɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfpərˌpɛtʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ perpetuation of oneself or itself; (chiefly) indefinite continuation or preservation of something brought about without external agency or intervention; (also) an instance of this.ΚΠ 1659 W. Montagu Shepheard's Paradise 108 Wonder of women on whose chastity Heaven hath bestow'd such a posterity. As is a self perpetuation Without the help of propagation. 1813 G. J. M. de Lys tr. A. Richerand Elem. Physiol. (Philadelphia ed.) xi. 593 This power of self-perpetuation, by a constant succession of similar beings, is found in all the races composing the human species. 1906 W. G. Sumner Folkways 473 They show how deep is the interest of human beings in the sex taboo, and in the self-perpetuation of society. 2002 R. Hausmann To grasp Essence of Life xvii. 203 In order to have at their disposal increasingly efficient strategies of self-perpetuation or ‘autocatalysis’, the replicators elaborated, during their evolutionary history, the most refined tricks for garnering the essential building blocks and energy. < as lemmas |
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