Manipulator
noun
A person who controls or influences others in a cunning or devious way.
He was a cruel manipulator who took advantage of people's trust.
Often appears as...
- manipulator of people
- skillful manipulator
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Disapproving
noun
A device for controlling the movement or operation of a machine.
The manipulator of the robotic arm allows it to perform precise movements.
Often appears as...
- mechanical manipulator
- remote manipulator
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Technical
noun
A person who controls or influences others in a cunning or devious way.
He was a cruel manipulator who took advantage of people's trust.
Often appears as...
- manipulator of people
- skillful manipulator
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A device for controlling the movement or operation of a machine.
The manipulator of the robotic arm allows it to perform precise movements.
Often appears as...
- mechanical manipulator
- remote manipulator
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to describe someone's actions as deceitful, implies disapproval of their behavior.
She realized too late that her friend was a manipulator, twisting her words.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Influence
Denotes an ability to affect actions or decisions indirectly, often without being noticed.
As a political manipulator, he shaped policy from behind the scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Involves exploiting emotional relationships, resulting in potential harm or control.
The charismatic leader was also a manipulator, using emotions to control followers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to describe someone's actions as deceitful, implies disapproval of their behavior.
She realized too late that her friend was a manipulator, twisting her words.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Influence
Denotes an ability to affect actions or decisions indirectly, often without being noticed.
As a political manipulator, he shaped policy from behind the scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Involves exploiting emotional relationships, resulting in potential harm or control.
The charismatic leader was also a manipulator, using emotions to control followers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to describe someone's actions as deceitful, implies disapproval of their behavior.
She realized too late that her friend was a manipulator, twisting her words.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Influence
Denotes an ability to affect actions or decisions indirectly, often without being noticed.
As a political manipulator, he shaped policy from behind the scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Involves exploiting emotional relationships, resulting in potential harm or control.
The charismatic leader was also a manipulator, using emotions to control followers.
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Inside the bizarre world...
something that was relegated to the internet. But there's really no separation anymore between the internet and everything else. This is an ad that ran on multiple TV stations during the 2018 congressional elections, alleging with very little evidence that one of the candidates was in the pocket of international manipulator George Soros,
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The genius puppetry...
we knew that we might be able to make a horse, which could be ridden. So we made a model. This is a cardboard model, a little bit smaller than the hyena. You'll notice that the legs are plywood legs and the canoe structure is still there. And the two manipulators are inside. But we didn't realize at the time
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The secrets I find on...
about five meters off the seafloor. And if we do that, we can get maps that are one-meter resolution down thousands of meters. Here is a remotely-operated vehicle, a research-grade vehicle. You can see an array of big lights on the top. There are high-definition cameras, manipulator arms,
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Origami robots that...
with this type of module. We decided that we were going to have a four-legged crawler turn into a little dog and make small gaits. With the same module, we can actually make it do something a manipulator, a typical, classical robotic task. So with a manipulator, it can pick up an object.
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Harley Motorcycles PIPE...
transmission join the main assembly line from computer-controlled torque guns that screw the individual parts together to heavy lifting manipulators that make moving the heavy parts easy this line comes packed with high-tech help even the silicon dispenser is automated with
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Meet Spot, the robot dog...
I'm holding this clicker in my hand; I'm not even looking at it, and I can manipulate it without any problem. But even more important, I can move my body while I hold the manipulator, the clicker, and stabilize and coordinate my body, and I can even walk around.
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
as well as 17 wildlife crimes. CARNEY ANNE In the words of the judge at Joe Exotic's sentencing, Joe is a master manipulator who is engaged in, quote, "systematic trafficking" of tigers and other big cats. Yet, critics of "Tiger King"
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Monkey's Bluff PIPE Clever...
it seems that lying may be as old as language itself if our little manipulator is spotted with his egg he's in big trouble this sort of deception has been noticed in several species it shows they imagine things when they're
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
Manipulation is not an oddity. It is a critical and common part of the world around us, and scientists have now found hundreds of examples of such manipulators, and more excitingly, they're starting to understand
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How to fix a broken...
to accept that it's over. Otherwise, your mind will feed on your hope and set you back. Hope can be incredibly destructive when your heart is broken. Heartbreak is a master manipulator.
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Inside the bizarre world...
something that was relegated to the internet. But there's really no separation anymore between the internet and everything else. This is an ad that ran on multiple TV stations during the 2018 congressional elections, alleging with very little evidence that one of the candidates was in the pocket of international manipulator George Soros,
Video examples
The genius puppetry...
we knew that we might be able to make a horse, which could be ridden. So we made a model. This is a cardboard model, a little bit smaller than the hyena. You'll notice that the legs are plywood legs and the canoe structure is still there. And the two manipulators are inside. But we didn't realize at the time
Video examples
The secrets I find on...
about five meters off the seafloor. And if we do that, we can get maps that are one-meter resolution down thousands of meters. Here is a remotely-operated vehicle, a research-grade vehicle. You can see an array of big lights on the top. There are high-definition cameras, manipulator arms,
Video examples
Origami robots that...
with this type of module. We decided that we were going to have a four-legged crawler turn into a little dog and make small gaits. With the same module, we can actually make it do something a manipulator, a typical, classical robotic task. So with a manipulator, it can pick up an object.
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Harley Motorcycles PIPE...
transmission join the main assembly line from computer-controlled torque guns that screw the individual parts together to heavy lifting manipulators that make moving the heavy parts easy this line comes packed with high-tech help even the silicon dispenser is automated with
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Meet Spot, the robot dog...
I'm holding this clicker in my hand; I'm not even looking at it, and I can manipulate it without any problem. But even more important, I can move my body while I hold the manipulator, the clicker, and stabilize and coordinate my body, and I can even walk around.
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
as well as 17 wildlife crimes. CARNEY ANNE In the words of the judge at Joe Exotic's sentencing, Joe is a master manipulator who is engaged in, quote, "systematic trafficking" of tigers and other big cats. Yet, critics of "Tiger King"
Video examples
Monkey's Bluff PIPE Clever...
it seems that lying may be as old as language itself if our little manipulator is spotted with his egg he's in big trouble this sort of deception has been noticed in several species it shows they imagine things when they're
Video examples
Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
Manipulation is not an oddity. It is a critical and common part of the world around us, and scientists have now found hundreds of examples of such manipulators, and more excitingly, they're starting to understand
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
to accept that it's over. Otherwise, your mind will feed on your hope and set you back. Hope can be incredibly destructive when your heart is broken. Heartbreak is a master manipulator.
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George Ayittey
Ghanaian Economist
Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.
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Loretta Napoleoni
Italian Journalist
I think generally the heads of terrorist groups are very, very smart people. They're also great manipulators. I would presume that cult leaders are identical. These sort of individuals are very strong, they have very strong charisma.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
Even a casual reader of the financial pages knows that microcaps are a perennial headache for regulators and, above all, for investors because they have been prone to abuse by stock manipulators.
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Wyndham Lewis
English Author
Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.
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Dinesh D'Souza
Indian Author
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
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Matthew McConaughey
American Actor
I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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Joey Skaggs
American Celebrity
I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.
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Kim Harrison
American Author
Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.
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J. J. Cale
American Musician
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well.
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George Ayittey
Ghanaian Economist
Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.
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Loretta Napoleoni
Italian Journalist
I think generally the heads of terrorist groups are very, very smart people. They're also great manipulators. I would presume that cult leaders are identical. These sort of individuals are very strong, they have very strong charisma.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
Even a casual reader of the financial pages knows that microcaps are a perennial headache for regulators and, above all, for investors because they have been prone to abuse by stock manipulators.
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Wyndham Lewis
English Author
Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.
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Dinesh D'Souza
Indian Author
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
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Matthew McConaughey
American Actor
I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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Joey Skaggs
American Celebrity
I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.
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Kim Harrison
American Author
Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.
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J. J. Cale
American Musician
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well.
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