Dictionary Definition
manipulation
Noun
1 exerting shrewd or devious influence especially
for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was
scandalous" [syn: use]
2 the action of touching with the hands or the
skillful use of the hands [syn: handling]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- The practice of manipulating or the state of
being manipulated.
- The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.
- 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.
- The devious management of some situation, especially for
one’s own advantage.
- He found that the new manager was known for his Macchiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.
Translations
practice of manipulating
- Dutch: manipulatie, gebruik
skillful use of the hands
- Dutch: manipulatie
devious management
- Dutch: manipulatie, misbruik
Extensive Definition
In general, manipulation is a human activity
dealing with physical states of objects, or mental states of
persons. The goal of manipulation is either not clear, or
incomprehensible or morally/legally unacceptable.
In particular, the word manipulation can refer
to:
In finance:
See also
manipulation in Czech: Manipulace
(rozcestník)
manipulation in French: Manipulation
manipulation in Interlingua (International
Auxiliary Language Association): Manipulation
(disambiguation)
manipulation in Polish: Manipulacja
manipulation in Portuguese: Manipulação
manipulation in Russian: Манипуляция
manipulation in Finnish:
Manipulointi
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accounting, action, agency, anal intercourse,
analysis, artifice, authority, autoeroticism, automatic
electronic navigation, bear raid, behind-the-scenes influence,
bestiality, braking, buggery, bull raid, cabal, caressing, collusion, command, complicity, complot, computation, conduct, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, control, coordination, corner, corner in, counterplot, covin, cunnilingus, deep-laid plot,
devices, direction, driving, employment, engineering, execution, exercise, expedients, exploitation, fact
distribution, feeling,
fellatio, fellation, finagling, finesse, fingering, forecasts, frame-up, friction, frottage, functioning, game, governance, government, guidance, hand job, handling, husbandry, influence, inspection, intrigue, irrumation, lead, leading, little game, machination, management, managery, managing, maneuvering, maneuvers, masturbation, monopoly, nonlinear
calibrations, occupation, onanism, operancy, operation, oral-genital
stimulation, ordering,
output measurement, palpation, pederasty, performance, performing, petting, pilotage, plot, plotting, political influence,
practice, pressure, processing, raid, record keeping, regulation, responsibility, rigging, rubbing, running, scheme, schemery, scheming, self-abuse, sodomy, steerage, steering, stratagem, stroking, supersonic flow
detection, tactical maneuvers, tactics, the conn, the helm, the
wheel, touching,
trick, underplot, using, utilization, wash sale,
washing, web of
intrigue, wire-pulling, work, working, workings