Manipulative vs Selfish - What's the difference?
manipulative | selfish |
Using manipulation purposefully.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Robert M. Pringle
, title=How to Be Manipulative
, volume=100, issue=1, page=31
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Tending to manipulate others.
(pejorative) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.
A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 25, author=Kenneth Chang, title=Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices, work=New York Times
, passage=Some children need manipulatives to learn math basics, Dr. Clements said, but only as a starting point. }}
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Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
* 1997 , John Peniel, The Children Of The Law Of One & The Lost Teachings Of Atlantis , chapter 10, page 127
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
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As adjectives the difference between manipulative and selfish
is that manipulative is using manipulation purposefully while selfish is holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.As a noun manipulative
is a manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.manipulative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}
Noun
(en noun) (Mathematical manipulative)citation
selfish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- “We all have both a selfish separate self, and an Inner Being that is One with the Universal Spirit. In this sense, every human has a sort of ‘split personality’. We are all kind of what you call ‘schitzy’ with these two sides, these two people living within us. And they are in total opposition. The free will dictates which of these two sides will have its way in our life, at every given moment.”
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
