Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage.
[French, from manipule, handful, as of grain, from Latin manipulus,
sheaf, handful and manus, hand...]
I've always felt a negative meaning in this word, though my older more
conservative dictionaries give a more neutral definition.
Interesting to me, one of my most language-conscious friends feels that
when we say "manipulation" we mean that the person pulling the strings is
doing so *unintentionally*. This meaning is not mentioned in any of my
dictionaries -- Do others recognize this in the word?
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