perpetuators
Keepers of cycles
Perpetuators are those who cause something to continue or persist, usually something undesirable: perpetuators of violence, perpetuators of harmful stereotypes.
The word carries implicit criticism—you perpetuate injustice or discrimination, rarely something neutral.
Distinguished from perpetrators, who commit acts rather than sustain conditions.
Following in order
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- sustainersThose who keep going
- prolongationAct of extending duration
extension · continuation · persistence · endurance · ongoing · uninterrupted · sustained · renewal
Those who blame others
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- faultImperfection or blame
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
responsibility · complicity · enablers · abettors · accomplices · collaborators · instigators · finger-pointing
Those who harm others
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- victimizersThose who harm others
- offendersThose who commit wrongs
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
violators · exploiters · wrongdoers · criminals · transgressors · malefactors · tormentors · harassers
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
descendants · progeny · dynasty · bloodline · genealogy · forebears · predecessors · successors
succession
Following in order
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- sustainersThose who keep going
prolongation · extension · continuation · persistence · endurance · ongoing · uninterrupted · sustained · renewal · transmission
accusers
Those who blame others
accountability · responsibility · complicity · enablers · abettors · accomplices · collaborators · instigators · finger-pointing · scapegoating
abusers
Those who harm others
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- victimizersThose who harm others
- offendersThose who commit wrongs
aggressors · violators · exploiters · wrongdoers · criminals · transgressors · malefactors · tormentors · harassers · bullies
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · descendants · progeny · dynasty · bloodline · genealogy · forebears · predecessors · successors · heirs
perpetuatorsstoppers
Items that block openings
enders · abolishers · terminators · halters · eliminators
perpetuatorsreformers
Advocates for institutional improvement
abolitionists · changers · transformers · preventers · revolutionaries