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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What does "perpetuate the biases" mean?
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Psychiatrists and mental health workers often perpetuate the biases of laypersons.
Psychiatrists and mental health workers often perpetuate the biases of laypersons.
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What does your dictionary say for "perpetuate" and for "bias"? You should be able to work this one out on your own, don't you think? Why not try?
- What does your dictionary say for "perpetuate" and for "bias"?
- You should be able to work this one out on your own, don't you think?
- Why not try?
- CJ
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What does your dictionary say for "perpetuate" and for "bias"?
You should be able to work this one out on your own, don't you think? Why not try?
CJ
You should be able to work this one out on your own, don't you think? Why not try?
CJ
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Of course I've checked out my dictionaries before posting.
I got the impression there that the "perpetuate the biases" may refer to "keep permanently the biases," which did not convince me, however. So I posted here.
I got the impression there that the "perpetuate the biases" may refer to "keep permanently the biases," which did not convince me, however. So I posted here.
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NL888I got the impression there that the "perpetuate the biases" may refer to "keep permanently the biases," which did not convince me, however. So I posted here.OK. You're very close. In this context,
perpetuate ~ continue to believe and promote (the biases) and teach others (the next generation) the same
biases ~ preferred ways of believing o
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