Head-game

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of head game.; An attempt to psychologically manipulate.

    "They wanted him, he knew that, but they wanted to play head-games all the time."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of head game.; A mental pursuit

    "That is the problem with the “What if” head-game. It is played and replayed, again and again in one's head, but there is actually no solution that one would like to see."

Verb
  1. 1
    To psychologically manipulate; to gaslight.

    "Billie was still being persistently head-gamed by the male clientele."

Synonyms

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gaslight

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"They wanted him, he knew that, but they wanted to play head-games all the time."

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