Associations to the word «Manipulative»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
MANIPULATIVE, adjective. Using manipulation purposefully.
MANIPULATIVE, adjective. Tending to manipulate others.
MANIPULATIVE, adjective. (pejorative) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.
MANIPULATIVE, noun. A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
Dictionary definition
MANIPULATIVE, adjective. Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.