manipulative definition

manipulative

That attempts to control or play upon others' hopes or fears to attain selfish ends while disregarding their aspirations or well being.

Item or object that has one or more manipulable characteristics or properties and can be used to model or represent a problem or situation.

manipulative is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.

manipulative appears in the definitions of the following terms: transactional analysis (TA), manipulandum and Belbin team roles

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