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emotional blackmail

emotional blackmail noun: psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behavior.

Noun

emotional blackmail (uncountable)

  1. Psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behavior.

Questions about emotional blackmail

What does emotional blackmail mean?
Emotional blackmail means psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behavior.
What part of speech is emotional blackmail?
Emotional blackmail is a noun.

Words near emotional blackmail in the dictionary

  1. emotional
  2. emotional affair
  3. emotional affairs
  4. emotional age
  5. emotional ages
  6. emotional blackmail
  7. emotional competence
  8. emotional cripple
  9. emotional cripples
  10. emotional eating
  11. emotional hardcore

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