Synonyms for manipulation
məˌnɪp yəˈleɪ ʃənma·nip·u·la·tion

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1. manipulation, usenoun

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

   "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

   Synonyms:
   usage, use, habit, handling, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, function, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, enjoyment, purpose, exercise

2. handling, manipulationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   treatment, use, handling

Matched Categories

1. • Influence
   • Touch

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.7 / 7 votes

1. manipulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   manual operations

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1. manipulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   handling, management

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1. List of paraphrases for "manipulation":

   handling, manipulating, rigging, tampering, manoeuvring, instrumentalisation

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1. Fred Bergsten:

   Currency manipulation is the number one protectionist issue of the 21st century.

2. Major Williams:

   It falls under the umbrella of power and control and manipulation, when you’re dealing with politics, sometimes it comes from indirect mechanisms that they use to control individuals.

3. Chloe Colliver:

   We hope this is part of a process where civic society and tech companies can constructively engage in order to confront the manipulation of tech platforms.

4. Jim Lewis:

   The North Koreans are probably tickled pink, nobody has ever done anything this blatant in terms of political manipulation. This is a new high.

5. Charles McCarry:

   I was never in the bureaucracy, always in the theater, ive consciously tried not to romanticize anything, especially not intelligence work. Ive always said that Ive been writing a series of episodic, naturalistic novels. The people just happen to be spies, politicians, civil servants. If pediatricians lived lives in which the manipulation of emotions were the tools of the trade, I probably would have written about them.