Manipulation

//məˌnɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "manipulation" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Strong matches (43)

Related words (73)

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Translations

69 translations across 38 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • manipulim noun (practice of manipulating)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تَعْدِيل noun (practice of manipulating)
  • تَغْيِير noun (practice of manipulating)
  • تَلَاعُب noun (practice of manipulating)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ձեռնածություն noun (devious management)
  • մանիպուլյացիա noun (practice of manipulating)
  • մեքենայություն noun (devious management)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • маніпуля́цыя noun (practice of manipulating)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бора́вене noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • манипула́ция noun (practice of manipulating)
  • подве́ждане noun (devious management)

Catalan

2 entries
  • manipulació noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulació noun (skillful use of the hands)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 操縱 /操纵 noun (practice of manipulating)
  • 運用 /运用 noun (practice of manipulating)

Czech

1 entries
  • manipulace noun (practice of manipulating)

Danish

1 entries
  • manipulation noun (practice of manipulating)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gebruik noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulatie noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulatie noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • manipulatie noun (devious management)

Estonian

1 entries
  • manipulatsioon noun (practice of manipulating)

Finnish

2 entries
  • manipulaatio noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulaatio noun (devious management)

French

2 entries
  • manipulation noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulation noun (devious management)

Galician

3 entries
  • manipulación noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulación noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • manipulación noun (devious management)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მანიპულაცია noun (practice of manipulating)

German

4 entries
  • Manipulation noun (practice of manipulating)
  • Manipulation noun (devious management)
  • Manipulieren noun (devious management)
  • Manipulierung noun (devious management)

Greek

1 entries
  • χειραγώγηση noun (practice of manipulating)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • manipuláció noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipuláció noun (devious management)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • manipulasi noun (practice of manipulating)

Italian

1 entries
  • manipolazione noun (practice of manipulating)

Latvian

1 entries
  • manipulācija noun (practice of manipulating)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • manipuliacija noun (practice of manipulating)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • манипулација noun (practice of manipulating)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • manipulasjon noun (practice of manipulating)

Persian

2 entries
  • دستورزی noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • دستکاری noun (practice of manipulating)

Polish

3 entries
  • manipulacja noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulacja noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • manipulacja noun (devious management)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • manipulação noun (practice of manipulating)

Romanian

1 entries
  • manipulare noun (practice of manipulating)

Russian

2 entries
  • манипули́рование noun (practice of manipulating)
  • манипуля́ция noun (practice of manipulating)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • manipulácija noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulácija noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • манипула́ција noun (practice of manipulating)
  • манипула́ција noun (skillful use of the hands)

Slovak

1 entries
  • manipulácia noun (practice of manipulating)

Slovene

1 entries
  • manipulacija noun (practice of manipulating)

Spanish

2 entries
  • manipulación noun (practice of manipulating)
  • manipulación noun (devious management)

Swedish

1 entries
  • manipulation noun (practice of manipulating)

Turkish

1 entries
  • manipülasyon noun (practice of manipulating)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • маніпулюва́ння noun (practice of manipulating)
  • маніпуля́ція noun (practice of manipulating)
  • маніпуля́ція noun (skillful use of the hands)
  • маніпуля́ція noun (devious management)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự thao tác noun (practice of manipulating)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • manipulaasje noun (practice of manipulating)

Sample sentences

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That man is abusive trash who's lied in circles over and over again. We have no reason to believe that this isn't just more emotional manipulation. I've seen this exact thing happen over and over again with other abusers like him in different places. Abusers like him use their perceived instability as social capital to keep their trust and good faith alive long after it's been crushed again and again by their cruelty and perversion.

Source: tatoeba (3283482)

As far as I understand despite my limited knowledge, here in Venezuela we must adapt to the prevailing mentality and social order. Therefore, an individual must live among opportunism, poverty, manipulation and superficiality. It might be a very characteristic Latino idiosyncrasy to behave as in the book "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel García Márquez when it comes to dealing with delicate situations. Everybody knows what's happening, but nobody raises his voice and even if somebody did, nobody would support him. Only enlightenment through education could end the ignorance that is a scourge on our people, from which many other problems arise. However, it's unlikely to expect a government to propose to spread values that threaten its own interests, because it's better for them to keep society ignorant in order to manipulate it with ease.

Source: tatoeba (3518355)

Aliens prevented a major war on Earth by hidden manipulation.

Source: tatoeba (3948617)

Nothing can justify deception and manipulation.

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