Manipulation
Manipulation noun - Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage.
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Plot and manipulation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Manipulation".
Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
Usage example: the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President
Manipulation and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulation" instead a noun "Plot".
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For the plot of the film, they've instead been hired to alter a man's behaviour by altering his dreams; the more subtle manipulation requires multiple recursive levels of dreaming.
Source: Dream Within a Dream -
Forgot About His Powers: Freakazoid can move at the speed of electricity as the plot demands, along with a bit of fourth wall manipulation.
Source: Western Animation / Freakazoid! - This is a triple-entendre - it's a 'device' (a robot), a 'device' (a plot device) and a 'device' (a manipulation).
Source: Double Entendre / Live-Action TV
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Plot and Manipulation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulation/plot
Manipulation & Plot. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulation/plot>.
Plot or Manipulation. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulation/plot.
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