Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

    The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.

    Manipulation

    манипуля́цияmanipuljácija, манипули́рованиеmanipulírovanije

    маніпуля́ціяmanipuljácija, маніпулюва́нняmanipuljuvánnja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.

    After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.

    Manipulierung, Manipulieren, Manipulation

    маніпуля́ціяmanipuljácija, маніпуля́ціяmanipuljácija

    the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

  3. (countable, uncountable)The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

    The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation.

    Through subtle manipulations he orchestrated the downfall of his rival.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Nothing can justify deception and manipulation.

  2. Sami talked about abuse and manipulation.

  3. He's a master of verbal manipulation.

    ruОн – мастер словесной манипуляции. — ZegPhig

  4. Layla was capable of manipulation and control.

  5. Narcissists employ manipulation tactics to assert their dominance.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
practice of manipulating:
Русский
By meaning 1
practice of manipulating:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
practice of manipulating:
devious management:

Origin

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus. Morphologically

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus. Morphologically manipulate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: manipulations
Singularmanipulation
Pluralmanipulations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage:use
  • the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means:handling

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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