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enabler
[en-ey-bler]
noun
a person or thing that enables something, or makes it possible.
Technology is a key enabler of efficiency and productivity.
a person who enables or supports someone else’s bad or dysfunctional behavior.
His wife is an unwitting enabler who makes excuses for his drinking.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of enabler1
Example Sentences
They cast their opponents as dangerous foreign-born criminals and their feckless enablers in the Democratic Party and mainstream media.
Gareth Sutcliffe and Ollie Meir, who authored the research, described the Amazon Fire Stick - which they argue is the device many people use to access illegal streams - as "a piracy enabler".
"He's one of the giants of British media in the last generation, and I think he will be remembered as a maker of great programmes, as an enabler of great programmes."
Before we go further, let’s state for the record this in no way condones the actions of Biden and his political enablers.
In a steady voice, he listed the many concerns of those who oppose Trump, his enablers and his policies.
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When To Use
An enabler is someone who allows or makes it easier for someone to do what they shouldn’t. It’s especially used in the context of addiction and abuse.The verb enable is usually used in a positive or neutral way meaning to make possible or provide someone with the power, means, opportunity, or authority to do something.But the word enabler is almost always used in a critical way to refer to someone who allows, encourages, or makes it possible for another person to engage in behavior that’s harmful to others, such as abuse, or self-destructive, such as drug or alcohol abuse.For example, a parent who allows the other parent to abuse their children might be called an enabler.Example: He asked me to go out for one drink, but I don’t want to be an enabler, so I told him we could go to a movie instead.
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