enabler

English

Etymology

From the English verb enable+r, to form a substantive.

Noun

enabler (plural enablers)

1. One who helps something to happen.
2. One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by his or her behaviour.
3. One who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way.

Translations

one who helps something to happen

Portuguese: facilitador (pt) m.

one who encourages a bad habit in another

Finnish: mahdollistaja (fi)

one who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way

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Interlingua: habilitator, capabilitator

Portuguese: habilitador, capacitador

See also

• enabling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:enabling
• co-dependence
• provert

References

• Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary.