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manipulation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manipulation has 2 senses
- manipulation(n = noun.act) use - exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" is a kind of influence
- manipulation(n = noun.act) handling - the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means; Array is a kind of touch, touching
has particulars: mind game
Derived forms verb manipulate5, verb manipulate1
has particulars: fielding
Derived forms verb manipulate6, verb manipulate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
manipulation, n. [Cf. F. manipulation.].
- The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. [1913 Webster]"Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind." Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- The use of the hands in mesmeric operations. [1913 Webster]
- Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
manipulation
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, workingsROGET THESAURUS
manipulation
Conduct
N conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.Touch
N touch, tact, taction, tactility, feeling, palpation, palpability, contrectation, manipulation, massage, hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna, palpus, tactual, tactile, tangible, palpable, lambent.
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