ad infinitum
/ˌad ɪnfɪˈnʌɪtəm
/adverb
Again and again in the same way; forever: registration is for seven years and may be renewed ad infinitum...
- It is their arrogance that guarantees their failures (or limited success) will repeat ad infinitum.
- The good doctor says that if you print money ad infinitum, the market will go up and the dollar will go down.
Synonyms
forever, for ever and ever, evermore, always, for all time, till the end of time, in perpetuity;
perpetually, eternally, endlessly, interminably, unceasingly, unendingly, everlastingly;
British for evermore, forever more;
North American forevermore;
Latin in perpetuum
informal until the cows come home, until the twelfth of never, until hell freezes over, until doomsday, until kingdom come
archaic for aye
Origin
Latin, literally 'to infinity'.
- participant observation
- participant observer
- participant observing
- participate
- participation
- participational
- participation mystique
- participative
- participatively
- participator
- participatory
- participatory democracy
- participial
- participial adjective
- participialize
- participialized
- participially
- participle
- particle
- particle accelerator
- particle beam
- particle board
- particled
- particle horizon
- particle-like