mind game

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mind game (plural mind games)

  1. (psychology) An attempt at psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
    • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
      Denmark coach Morten Olsen's pre-match warning that the Netherlands were simply better than his side could easily have been dismissed as mind games.
    • 2013, “Choose Your Battles”, in Prism, performed by Katy Perry:
      Your mind games hit like grenades
  2. (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
    The crosswords and mind games are my favourite part of the newspaper.

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