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Synonyms for manipulative
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : muh-nip-yuh-ley-tiv, -yuh-luh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈnɪp yəˌleɪ tɪv, -yə lə tɪv |
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Définition of manipulative
Origin :- 1816, in literal sense, from manipulate + -ive. Related: Manipulatively; manipulativeness.
- As in calculating : adj scheming to manipulate
- Another mark of professionalism is its manipulative tendency.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- Even as a fresco painter his manipulative power was not great.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 » by Various
- Students should be prepared to deal with manipulative people.
- Extract from : « Sequential Problem Solving » by Fredric Lozo
- "Blind" writers, in which the writing remains hidden until exposed by manipulative effort of the operator.
- Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
- And Renaissance Europe thought this a small price to pay for manipulative perfection.
- Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin
- To secure this a considerable degree of artistic perception and discretion, as well as manipulative skill, is requisite.
- Extract from : « Practical Lithography » by Alfred Seymour
- It requires long practice and much skill, but the skill is rather mental than manipulative.
- Extract from : « Sharps and Flats » by John Nevil Maskelyne
- In some countries, this ideal is disparaged as a Western manipulative ploy or, worse, naive idealism.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- One aspect of play particularly should have a large place in education; namely, the manipulative tendencies of children.
- Extract from : « The Science of Human Nature » by William Henry Pyle
- Manipulative tricks have always been worked in connection with stocks of which one man or one set of men has had complete control.
- Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser
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