NOUN
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deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
football players try to play mind games with the opposition
the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings - any game designed to exercise the intellect
How To Use mind game In A Sentence
- I don't want to hear about your mind games or your manipulative tricks anymore.
- Winning on clay is a mind game and he has the anticipation and knowledge when he plays the ball.
- And forward thinking from another master of mind games means there is no sign of them meekly handing over their crown. The Sun
- And forward thinking from another master of mind games means there is no sign of them meekly handing over their crown. The Sun
- A job search is always a mind game," says independent career counselor Cathy Severson of Santa Barbara, California.
- Anyone who has been the victim of psychological mind games will feel a cold shiver of recognition.
- Rita is not a mere love interest but a heroine, and her presence brings a refreshing jolt of practicality that contrasts with the mind games that preoccupy the male characters.
- The mind games are under way and the master is winning. Times, Sunday Times
- And, for arguably the first time in an intriguing season, the mind games were going into overdrive. Times, Sunday Times
- His downbeat tone might be heartfelt, or it could simply be more mind games.
