manipulation

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 8.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

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

2. noun 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.

3. noun 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.

Similar words

handling use exploitation falsification fraud ploy cheating tampering control interference

Often followed by

of and is by in or to that was

Word family

manipulate manipulated manipulates manipulating manipulations manipulative