Self-perpetuating - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌselfpərˈpetʃuːˌetɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word self-perpetuating
Brit.  |ˌselfpəˈpetjuːeɪtɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word self-perpetuating

adjective

- Causing itself to continue to exist.
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.
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