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manipulative, a.|məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv|
[f. manipulate v.: see -ative.]
Of, pertaining to, concerning, or involving manipulation.
1836I. Taylor Phys. Theory Another Life (1857) 154 A wonder of skill..as well as of manipulative execution. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Chem. 390 The manipulative details required..belong to the department of organic chemistry. 1862Smiles Engineers II. 132 The workmen of that place [Birmingham] are still superior to most others in executing machinery requiring manipulative skill. 1881Roscoe in Nature XXIII. 599 Bunsen's untiring energy and wonderful manipulative power. 1890Spectator 1 Nov. 615/2 One of those cunning feats of manipulative skill peculiar to the Oriental. 1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 11/4 The powerful manipulative interests are watching events closely. 1947M. M. Lewis Lang. in Society i. 24 The manipulative and the declarative are the twin incentives by which the development of language is fostered in the child, and remain the essential functions of language in society. 1966New Statesman 22 Apr. 581/2 The cause was won by the politicians' desire to appear manipulative about almost any issue, regardless of its suitability for manipulation. 1968R. Kyle Love Lab. ix. 125 Lillian had just completed a manipulative session and was wearing only a wrapper. 1971Nature 30 Apr. 578/2 For they are also clearly pre-adaptive to efficient use of the hands as manipulative organs, in such activities as food gathering and transport. 1972Maclean's Mag. Mar. 61/1 Spicer is strong, attractive and manipulative. ‘He's good at persuading people to do things they might not want to do.’
Hence maˈnipulativeness.
1949M. Mead Male & Female ii. 26 Greater awareness does not always mean greater manipulativeness. 1975N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 31 You pity their failings—their determination to ‘advance’ their children as if life were a relay race,..their manipulativeness and insularity. |