manipulable

English

Etymology

1859, from manipulate +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɪpjʊləbəl/

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Adjective

manipulable (comparative more manipulable, superlative most manipulable)

1. 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.

Translations

suitable for, or able to be subjected to, manipulation

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: manipuleerbaar (nl)
• Finnish: manipuloitavissa
• French: manipulable (fr), malléable (fr), influençable (fr)
• Galician: manipulábel (gl) m or f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: manipulierbar (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: manipulálható (hu)
• Polish: dający się manipulować
• Portuguese: manipulável
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• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

French

Etymology

From manipuler +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.py.labl/

Adjective

manipulable (plural manipulables)

1. manipulable

See also

• malléable

Further reading

• “manipulable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Adjective

manipulable m or f (masculine and feminine plural manipulables)

1. manipulable, manipulatable