enabler

English

Etymology

enable +‎ -er

Noun

enabler (plural enablers)

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

Translations

one who helps something to happen

• Italian: facilitatore m, aiutante (it) m or f
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• Portuguese: facilitador m, habilitador m, capacitador m

one who encourages a bad habit in another

• Finnish: mahdollistaja (fi)
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• Italian: incoraggiatore m, tentatore m, ammaliatore (it) m, seduttore (it) m, ingannatore (it) m

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

• Italian: ammaestratore m
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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} habilitator, ^{(please verify)} capabilitator
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See also

• Template:projectlink
• co-dependence
• provert

References

• Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary.

Anagrams

• belearn, renable