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enabler

[ en-ey-bler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

Origin of enabler¹

First recorded in 1610–20; 1975–80 enabler fordef 2

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