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Empowerment vs Manipulation - What's the difference?

empowerment | manipulation |

As nouns the difference between empowerment and manipulation

is that empowerment is the granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group while manipulation is manipulation.

empowerment

English

(wikipedia empowerment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
  • The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
  • The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
  • (South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

    • Derived terms

    * youth empowerment * (South Africa) black economic empowerment

    manipulation

    English

    (wikipedia 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 ----