continuation

Noun

Meaning

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.

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Examples

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Carl von Clausewitz

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. Zhou Enlai

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. Nhat Hanh

The interpretation of a case is corroborated only by the successful continuation of a self-formative process, that is by the completion of self-reflection, and not in any unmistakable way by what the patient says or how he behaves. Jürgen Habermas

The true messianism of the Russian Church is not what the Slavophiles have imagined, but it is the example of suffering. It is in this way that she shows that she is the continuation of Christ in this world. Leonid Feodorov

No art is superior to another one, but every art looks for expertise and perfection. This is life, which continues; this is why there is no death. There is continuation. There is no silence. There is a continuation of thought. Marcel Marceau

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