manipulation as a noun: - 1
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manipulation
noun
1 manipulation
Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage:
— His manipulation of his friends was scandalous.
synonym: use.
Roget 379:
touch;
tact,
taction†,
tactility;
feeling;
palpation,
palpability;
contrectation†;
manipulation;
massage.
[Organ of touch]
hand,
finger,
forefinger,
thumb,
paw,
feeler,
antenna;
palpus†.
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Roget 692:
conduct
[actions of an individual agent];
behavior;
deportment,
comportment;
carriage,
maintien†,
demeanor,
guise,
bearing,
manner,
observance.
dealing,
transaction
etc.
(action)
680;
business
etc.
625.
tactics,
game,
game plan,
policy,
polity;
generalship,
statesmanship,
seamanship;
strategy,
strategics†;
plan
etc.
626.
management;
husbandry;
housekeeping,
housewifery;
stewardship;
menage;
regime;
economy,
economics;
political economy;
government
etc.
(direction)
693.
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
&c.;
path
etc.
627.
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Dutch: bewerking, manipulatie
Polish: manipulacja
2 manipulation
The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means.
synonym: handling.
Dutch: gebruik
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