emotional blackmail
Psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their…Psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behavior.
» Emotional blackmail is an immoral way of getting people to do what you want them to.
Psychologische Erpressung stellt eine amoralische Art dar, andere dazu zu bringen, das zu tun, was man will. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Емоційний шантаж - це аморальний спосіб для примусу інших людей робити те, що ти від них хочеш. — deniko
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1 senses(uncountable)Psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behavior.
эмоциона́льный шанта́жemocionálʹnyj šantáž
Examples
4 sentencesEmotional blackmail is an immoral way of getting people to do what you want them to.
Емоційний шантаж - це аморальний спосіб для примусу інших людей робити те, що ти від них хочеш. — deniko
dePsychologische Erpressung stellt eine amoralische Art dar, andere dazu zu bringen, das zu tun, was man will. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom uses emotional blackmail to control people.
Abusive people often use emotional blackmail to get what they want.
Narcissistic individuals engage in manipulative tactics, such as guilt-tripping or emotional blackmail.
Translations
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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