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MANIPULATIVENESS [1 record]

Record 1 2019-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Clinical Psychology
OBS

Use of subterfuge to influence or control others; use of seduction, charm, glibness, or ingratiation to achieve one's ends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

La personne utilise des subterfuges pour influencer ou contrôler autrui, opère avec séduction, charme, désinvolture ou des attitudes doucereuses pour aboutir à ses fins.

OBS

tendance manipulatoire : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • tendances manipulatoires

Spanish

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