enabler
noun
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Enabling: The Behavior of an Enabler
Enable has a number of senses, most of which are some variant on allowing someone (or something, such as enabling cookies on a computer) to do something. In the past several decades, enable has also started to take on a new associated sense in the field of addiction studies, where enabling is viewed as giving misguided support to a person with some substance-abuse issue. A person who facilitates the self-destructive behavior of another is referred to as an enabler.
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
This obviously would be a massive enabler, make life way easier for them.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Enabler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enabler. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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