Synonyms of perpetuated

perpetuated

verb

past tense of perpetuate

as in commemorated

to give eternal or lasting existence to

we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commemorated
• celebrated
• immortalized
• eternalized
• honored
• preserved
• enshrined
• memorialized
• protected
• maintained
• sustained
• defended
• conserved
• safeguarded
• supported
• guarded
• kept up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• destroyed
• put out
• crushed
• demolished
• annihilated
• decimated
• devastated
• erased
• obliterated
• eradicated
• wiped out
• snuffed (out)
• expunged
• extirpated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perpetuated

Jones was an early MAGA supporter, and has since perpetuated election denial messages and continued to support the president. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026

Officials have helped amplify unverified claims about fraud perpetuated by the Somali community, which was used in part as a justification to crack down on the state. —Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026

Fassaert recalls how audience members told him about the way the film broaches his grandmother’s narcissism, a notion perpetuated for many years in his family. —Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026

The killing and execution of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the horrible lies perpetuated by this government are abhorrent. —Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026

Information in Arabic is often distinct from that in English, as are the narratives perpetuated by the two warring factions. —Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Second, Carney invoked Vaclav Havel’s story of how communism perpetuated itself. —Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

Critics have also perpetuated the narrative that Washington insiders handpicked Whatley. —Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2026

Many, however, believed the celebration perpetuated a harmful anti-Jewish stereotype. —Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025