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English
Etymology
1859, from manipulate + -able.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
manipulable (comparative more manipulable, superlative most manipulable)
- Suitable for, or able to be subjected to, manipulation.
- Synonym: manipulatable
- Coordinate terms: (of people) gullible; influenceable, (of objects) configurable
2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 457:He wondered if this was how men like Jardine and Matheson saw the world – minuscule, manipulable. If people and places moved around the lines they drew. If cities shattered when they stomped.
- 2024, G. S. Hans, Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court, in: Balls and Strikes, August 5 2024
- I think we have a responsibility to emphasize to our students that law is something less: a system, manipulable like any other, for achieving political and policy ends.
Usage notes
Much more common than manipulatable, by a ratio of 5–10 to 1.[2]
Translations
suitable for, or able to be subjected to, manipulation
References
French
Etymology
From manipuler + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
manipulable (plural manipulables)
- manipulable
See also
Further reading
Spanish
Adjective
manipulable m or f (masculine and feminine plural manipulables)
- manipulable, manipulatable