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manipulation

noun
/məˌnɪp.juˈleɪ.ʃən/UK/məˌnɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/CA/məˌnɪp.jəˈlæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from manipulus
  2. derived from manipule
  3. borrowed from manipulation

Definitions

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

    • The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.
    • The rear portion of the tender top is flat and open so as to facilitate the manipulation of the water crane.

  2. 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. The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired…

    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.

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Derived

antimanipulation, biomanipulation, crowd manipulation, electromanipulation, immunomanipulation, manipulational, micromanipulation, nanomanipulation, nonmanipulation, object manipulation, photomanipulation, postmanipulation, psychomanipulation, telemanipulation, womanipulation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at manipulation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at manipulation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at manipulation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA