influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
of or relating to manipulation of objects or parts of the body; serving to manipulate: spinal manipulative therapy.
noun
Usually manipulatives . any of various objects or materials that students can touch and move around in order to help them learn mathematical and other concepts: the use of blocks, flashcards, and other manipulatives in the classroom.
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Both search engines use the BERT algorithm – which means keyword stuffing, manipulative link-building schemes, and other questionable tactics won’t work.
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You could view the male mouse’s pheromones as merely communicative, or look deeper and see them as manipulative.
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At last, the microblogging platform got updated and any information that was verified as false or manipulative gets instantly deleted.
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Many say the adopted children are so manipulative that parents are seen as predators by counselors or social workers.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In order for the populace to lead balanced and productive lives, manipulative forces must provide scripted risk.
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Nobody doubts his manipulative skills or his single-minded agenda to advance the interests of the corporation he created.
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Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.
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He knows Crist is a gifted, manipulative political sociopath.
The Messy, Sordid Story of Jim Greer, Charlie Crist’s Man to a Fault|Rick Wilson|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, whatever be the manipulative processes, the result is the same, and appears to be extremely satisfactory.
British Manufacturing Industries|L. Arnoux
The realization of that phenomenon might help us to resolve our own internal conflict in dealing with the manipulative sociopath.
Sequential Problem Solving|Fredric Lozo
It requires long practice and much skill, but the skill is rather mental than manipulative.
Sharps and Flats|John Nevil Maskelyne
Consequently the slide-maker must sedulously cultivate cleanliness and manipulative care.
The Barnet Book of Photography|Various
In some countries, this ideal is disparaged as a Western manipulative ploy or, worse, naive idealism.