enabler

[ en-ey-bler ]

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 enabler

First recorded in 1610–20; 1975–80 for def. 2

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

We’re going to do the research and the technology development and be the enablers for continuing to support the commercial space sector.
As private companies erode government’s hold on space travel, NASA looks to open a new frontier | Christian Davenport | February 25, 2021 | Washington Post
That was a Republican narrative by the president of the United States and his enablers.
At postal hearing, Rep. Connolly says he ‘will not be lectured’ by election deniers | Meagan Flynn | February 25, 2021 | Washington Post
Well, in the case of Shia LaBeouf both and Marilyn Manson, they had female enablers all around them.
What It's Like to Accuse a #MeToo Hero of Abuse | Eliana Dockterman | February 24, 2021 | Time
For the more mature startups Kry and Firstvet are doing great as early enablers of digital health.
8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem | Mike Butcher | February 19, 2021 | TechCrunch
These results for a high-profile ecommerce enabler, while striking, are unsurprising given major changes in consumer behavior caused by the pandemic.
Digital-first commerce boosts Shopify’s earnings | Kim Davis | February 18, 2021 | Search Engine Land

An important enabler of this abuse is the shrugs of the untouched, whose rising shoulders prop up the toxic world.
Zelda Williams Is the Latest to Leave Twitter Because of Ugly Attacks | Tauriq Moosa | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet Peres did the same: he was the original enabler of the settlement project, but now wants to withdraw from most of them.
How Israeli Leaders Will Follow Their Public To A Peace Deal | Brent E. Sasley | May 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“Centre County was an enabler to him,” Long wrote in an email to The Daily Beast.
Did Jerry Sandusky Molest His Son Matt? | Diane Dimond | June 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
“In many ways I think she functioned as an enabler for the regime,” he says.
Asma-al-Assad Comes Out in Support of Syria’s Brutal Regime | Josh Dzieza | February 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
His transformation from anti-sex crusader to adultery enabler has been overnight.
Ensign's Sex-Scandal Enabler? | Max Blumenthal | June 21, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
But they are mine because they are his, and he is the demander and enabler of love.
Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonald

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