manipulation Noun
( en 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 management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage.
- He found that the new manager was known for his Machiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.
The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain an outcome.
- The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation .
See also
* pedipulation
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control English
Verb
(controll)
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
* With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
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, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
Derived terms
* controller
* controlling
* controllable
* controllability
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Synonyms
*
* manage
*
* rule
Antonyms
* obey, submit (to be controlled )
* defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled )
Related terms
* regulate
Noun
(countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over.
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A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
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- She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= The tao of tech
, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (Johnson)
(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Synonyms
* (GUI) widget
Derived terms
* control character
* control panel
* control tower
* cruise control
* in control
* master control
* mind control
* out of control
* proportional control
* race control
* self-control
* under control
Related terms
* regulation
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