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perpetuator

perpetuator

1 8.7
A person or thing that makes a bad thing keep happening
  • noun
  • /pərˈpɛtʃuˌeɪtər/
translation icon : perpetuador
  • That makes him awkward, not a perpetuator of rape culture and sexism.
  • creators and perpetuators

In some ways because this husband is a enabler, emboldener and perpetuator of this dynamic.

Examples

  • Through the regulations governing student aid (Title IV of the Higher Education Act), the U.S. Department of Education is the single biggest perpetuator of the fiction that student credit hours are based on time.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In their early landmark research, Hollingshead (1949) and Warner (1946) were among a small cadre of scholars to underscore the function of compulsory education, not as a guarantor of opportunity, but rather as a perpetuator of social stratification.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The conservative is the great perpetuator of the "War Myth" in American history.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In some ways because this husband is a enabler, emboldener and perpetuator of this dynamic.

  • So yes, I want to break down the way gender is socially constructed in our society, which is both a product of and in turn a perpetuator of patriarchy.

    Blog text (23)
  • White workers, as a group, were not the creators or the perpetuators of racial exclusion in Hollywood.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Despite efforts to change state budget procedures through "performance" and cost-based budgeting, the dynamics of the budget process are one of the strongest perpetuators of the status quo within higher education.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I agree with Sanchez that most scholars in ethnic studies view immigration history as he does and see immigration historians as the creators and perpetuators of the immigrant paradigm.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Chief among those falsified facts are two notions: first, that the law is the creator of a separate institution called "civil marriage" rather than a facilitator of a singular marriage institution; and second, that religion is the source and sole perpetuator of the man-woman meaning constitutive of that institution.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The perpetuator of this rumor will face serious consequences for their actions.

Synonyms

iterator
vsperpetuator
7.0

A person or thing that repeats the same action many times

causes something often harmful to continue rather than simply repeat
continuator
vsperpetuator
7.5

A person who carries on work started by someone else

causes something often harmful to continue rather than just carry it on

How Responsible

instigator
12 6.8
enabler
11 4.6
perpetuator
1 8.7
contributor
74 3.2
supporter
817 1.0
participant
295 2.4
bystander
84 3.4

Surface Forms

perpetuator singular
perpetuators plural

Morphology

perpetuator = perpetuate (transparent) = perpetuate + or

The word 'perpetuator' is transparently derived from 'perpetuate' by adding the agentive suffix '-or'.

Etymology

The word perpetuator comes from the Latin perpetuus, which means 'continuous', and it is related to English words like perpetual and perpetuate which mean 'to make last'. So a perpetuator is someone or something that 'keeps something going' or makes it continue, often used for harmful or bad things.