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enabler

Pronunciation: /ɪ'neɪblə, ɛ-/
Definition of enabler

noun

  • a person or thing that makes something possible:the people who run these workshops are crime enablers Bluetooth is the ultimate enabler of the smart house that has been the darling of futurists since the 1939 World’s Fair
  • a person who encourages or enables negative or self-destructive behaviour in another:he criticized her role as an enabler in her husband’s pathological womanizing

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