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Definition of Manipulable
1. Adjective. Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded). "The natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"
Attributes: Flexibility, Tractability, Tractableness
Also: Compliant, Manageable, Obedient, Docile, Tame, Tamed
Similar to: Ductile, Malleable, Docile, Teachable, Tamable, Tameable
Derivative terms: Manipulability, Tractability, Tractableness
Antonyms: Intractable
Definition of Manipulable
1. Adjective. Suitable for, or able to be subjected to manipulation. ¹
2. Adjective. Gullible or susceptible to persuasion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manipulable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manipulable
Literary usage of Manipulable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Since, currently, genes are not easily manipulable, this might open the question
of the applicability of this approach to the consideration of genetic ..."
2. Copyright & Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law by DIANE Publishing Company (1989)
"... use • Single interruptible use • Single manipulable use • Multiple uninterrupted
uses for a fixed time period • Multiple interruptible/manipulable uses ..."
3. Copyright & Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... use • Single manipulable use • Multiple uninterrupted uses for a fixed time
period • Multiple interruptible/manipulable uses for a fixed time period ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"... all-pervasive, invisible, manipulable and transferable life-energy or universal
force. And Miss Fletcher's paper in its entirety makes it evident that, ..."
5. Manufacturing Systems: Foundations of World-Class Practice by Joseph A. Heim, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences (1992)
"Therefore, proxy metrics may be better thought of as indicators of change rather
than cause-and-effect relationships that are directly manipulable. ..."
6. Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the Cpsu by Robert G. Wesson (1978)
"He did not, however, relinquish any control of the party, but rather tried to
make it a more effective and presumably more manipulable tool. ..."
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