manipulation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

   The manipulation of the group was scandalous.

2. 2
   noun

   The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

   The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

   The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation.

5. 5
   noun

   the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

Etymology

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus. Morphologically manipulate + -ion.