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manipulable

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /məˈnɪpjʊləbəl/

adj

Etymology: 1859, from manipulate + -able.

  1. Suitable for, or able to be subjected to, manipulation.

    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.

    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.