Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques.

…in what they called the physical symbol system hypothesis. This hypothesis states that processing structures of symbols is sufficient, in principle, to produce artificial intelligence in a digital computer and that, moreover, human intelligence is the result of the same type of symbolic manipulations.

WORDS RELATED TO MANIPULATION

• accomplishment.
• achievement.
• act.
• blow.
• commission.
• dealings.
• doing.
• effort.

People who manipulate others attack their mental and emotional sides to get what they want. The person manipulating — called the manipulator — seeks to create an imbalance of power, and take advantage of a victim to get power, control, benefits, and/or privileges at the expense of the victim.

contrivance

Opposite of having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion. guileless. artless. ingenuous. sincere.

1a : showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness her ingenuous thirst for experience— Christopher Rawson. b : lacking craft or subtlety ingenuous in their brutality. 2 obsolete : noble, honorable.

1a : wandering, roundabout a devious path. b : moving without a fixed course : errant devious breezes. 2 : out-of-the-way, remote upon devious coasts. 3a : deviating from a right, accepted, or common course devious conduct.

ma·nip·u·la·tive adj. Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate. Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in mathematics. ma·nip′u·la·tive·ly adv.

Grandiosity is a symptom experienced by people with bipolar disorder (BD) during manic and hypomanic episodes. Grandiosity is an exaggerated sense of one’s importance, power, knowledge, or identity, even if there is little evidence to support the beliefs.

The unscrupulous person is without scruples of conscience, and disregards, or has contempt for, laws of right or justice with which he or she is perfectly well acquainted, and which should restrain his or her actions: unscrupulous in methods of making money, in taking advantage of the unfortunate.

Interpersonally exploitative. Lacking empathy: unwilling or unable to recognize the feelings and needs of others. Negative reaction to criticism (they can interpret us asking to have our needs met as criticism.) Difficulty in admitting mistakes or taking responsibility for their bad behavior.

What is another word for exploitative?

Definitions of exploitive. adjective. tending to exploit or make use of. synonyms: exploitative, exploitatory consumptive. tending to consume or use often wastefully.

Exploitation is the act of selfishly taking advantage of someone or a group of people in order to profit from them or otherwise benefit oneself. Exploitation is a noun form of the verb exploit, which commonly means to take advantage in such a way.

Exploitation is defined as the act of using resources or the act of treating people unfairly in order to benefit from their efforts or labor. Making use of natural resources to build a city is an example of the exploitation of those resources.