enabler
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- noun
- /ɪˈneɪblər/
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consentidor
- As an enabler, he unknowingly supported his friend's reckless lifestyle by constantly making excuses for him.
We view some of these enablers as kind and nice.
- We view some of these enablers as kind and nice.
- It would be so much easier if the enablers would just speak their truth.
- By doing so, you are serving as an enabler of bad behavior in the future.
- I was an enabler for a long time.
- But my, my main concern is being the enablers, you know, the people who give him the passes.
- Is the lying American oligarchy and its enablers.
- And these Russian enablers, I'm sorry, these Republican slash Russian enablers.
- But then you also think about the fact that The Who is Epstein's enabler, who was the chick that he did that with?
- And it's the enablers that I just, I go back to.
- Backstabbers, promise Breakers, the unfaithful, the people who sell you out, bad influencers and enablers.
Examples
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He's the alcoholic's friend, the enabler.
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By doing so, you are serving as an enabler of bad behavior in the future.
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I was an enabler for a long time.
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You are just an enabler.
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You stop being such an enabler.
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And you obviously have become her enabler.
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You are an enabler.
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We're all acting like enablers to a bunch of drunks or drug addicts by supporting them.
Blog text (10) -
I think one of the reasons people struggle with self-awareness is because they have enablers around them that are allowing them to get away with bad behaviour.
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I think one of the reasons people struggle with self-awareness is because they have enablers around them that are allowing them to get away with bad behavior.
Antonyms
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6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
How Enabling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enabler comes from the verb enable, which splits into en- 'make' and able 'can', so an enabler is someone who 'makes able'. In a negative use, an enabler is a person who lets someone keep harmful habits by stopping the bad results that would normally make them change.