mind game
mind game noun: an attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
Noun
mind game (plural mind games)
- An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- 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.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport
- Your mind games hit like grenades2013, “Choose Your Battles”, in Prism, performed by Katy Perry
- A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
- The crosswords and mind games are my favourite part of the newspaper.
- But to the surprise of many in the chess fraternity, [Demis] Hassabis also began to compete in other mind games: bridge and backgammon, Diplomacy and draughts, as well as the Japanese chess variant shogi.2026, Sebastian Mallaby, chapter 1, in The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, Penguin, →ISBN
Forms of mind game
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Questions about mind game
- What does mind game mean?
- Mind game means an attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- What part of speech is mind game?
- Mind game is a noun.
- What is the plural of mind game?
- The plural of mind game is mind games.
Words near mind game in the dictionary
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