Synonyms for manipulative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : muh-nip-yuh-ley-tiv, -yuh-luh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : məˈnɪp yəˌleɪ tɪv, -yə lə tɪv

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Définition of manipulative

Origin : 1816, in literal sense, from manipulate + -ive. Related: Manipulatively; manipulativeness.

As in calculating : adj scheming to manipulate

Example sentences :

Another mark of professionalism is its manipulative tendency.
Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe

Even as a fresco painter his manipulative power was not great.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 » by Various

Students should be prepared to deal with manipulative people.
Extract from : « Sequential Problem Solving » by Fredric Lozo

"Blind" writers, in which the writing remains hidden until exposed by manipulative effort of the operator.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson

And Renaissance Europe thought this a small price to pay for manipulative perfection.
Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin

To secure this a considerable degree of artistic perception and discretion, as well as manipulative skill, is requisite.
Extract from : « Practical Lithography » by Alfred Seymour

It requires long practice and much skill, but the skill is rather mental than manipulative.
Extract from : « Sharps and Flats » by John Nevil Maskelyne

In some countries, this ideal is disparaged as a Western manipulative ploy or, worse, naive idealism.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

One aspect of play particularly should have a large place in education; namely, the manipulative tendencies of children.
Extract from : « The Science of Human Nature » by William Henry Pyle

Manipulative tricks have always been worked in connection with stocks of which one man or one set of men has had complete control.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

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