mind game
noun1
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences 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:
1 more example
- Years later, [Demis] Hassabis compared [Peter] Molyneux to the mysterious character in The Magus, a novel by John Fowles. The magus is manipulative, mendacious, a master of illusions and mind games.2026, Sebastian Mallaby, chapter 2, in The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, Penguin, →ISBN:
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Games 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:
- Related terms
- gaslight, mind fuck