mind game

English

Noun

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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

psychological manipulation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心理戰術 / 心理战术 (xīnlǐ zhànshù)

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• German: Psychotrick m
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See also

• gaslight (verb)
• mind fuck

Anagrams

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