enabler
/ɪˈneɪbələr/ · en·a·bler
noun
- A person or thing that makes it possible for something to happen or exist. The new software platform acted as an enabler for rapid data analysis across the company.
- A person who, often unintentionally, supports or facilitates another's destructive or addictive behavior. She realized she had become an enabler of her brother’s alcoholism by constantly covering for him.
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Did you know? The term “enabler” gained widespread popular usage in the 1980s within addiction recovery circles, where it describes someone who unintentionally sustains another’s harmful habit.