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" Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games."
Zayn Malik

Meaning of "mind games" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MIND GAMES

mind games


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIND GAMES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mind games is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIND GAMES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mind games

The term mind games refers to three main categories of human behaviour: ▪ a largely conscious struggle for psychological one-upmanship, often employing passive–aggressive behavior to specifically demoralize or empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor look superior; also referred to as "power games". ▪ the unconscious games played by people engaged in ulterior transactions of which they are not fully aware, and which transactional analysis considers to form a central element of social life all over the world. ▪ mental exercises designed to improve the functioning of mind and/or personality; see also brain teasers or puzzles.

Definition of mind games in the English dictionary

The definition of mind games in the dictionary is actions or statements intended to undermine or mislead someone else, often to gain advantage for oneself.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIND GAMES

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MIND GAMES

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Synonyms and antonyms of mind games in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mind games» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIND GAMES

Find out the translation of mind games to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mind games from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mind games» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

智力游戏
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

juegos de la mente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

mind games
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

दिमाग का खेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الألعاب الذهنية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

игры разума
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

jogos mentais
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মনস্তাতিক খেলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

jeux de l´esprit
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

permainan minda
190 millions of speakers
de

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Gedankenspiele
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

心のゲーム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

마음 의 게임
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Game pikiran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò chơi tâm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மனதில் விளையாட்டுகள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मन गेम्स
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

akıl Oyunları
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

giochi di mente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

gry logiczne
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ігри розуму
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

jocuri ale minții
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παιχνίδια μυαλού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mind games
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psyk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tankespinn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mind games

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIND GAMES»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mind games

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6 QUOTES WITH «MIND GAMES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mind games.
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Scott Brooks
Mind games to me are overrated.
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Macaulay Culkin
My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
3
Raymond Floyd
I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, 'If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters.' So it was a great thrill to play there.
4
Zayn Malik
Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.
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Zayn Malik
Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.
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Pedro Martinez
I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIND GAMES»

Discover the use of mind games in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mind games and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space
A series of mental exercises designed for group participation focuses on the roles of reasoning and imagination in achieving sensory perception
Robert E. L. Masters, Jean Houston, 1998
2
Music Mind Games
Uses educational games to teach music theory and reading music.
Michiko Yurko, 1992
3
Mind Games: Inspirational lessons from the world's finest ...
Mind Games looks into the mental processes of sporting stars, identifying the attitudes and approaches that enable them to achieve peak performance, every time, and applies them specifically to the world of business.
Jeff Grout, Sarah Perrin, 2010
4
Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, ...
This is your psychological capital and it's the key to making decisions calmly and rationally during the heat of trading.
Denise Shull, 2011
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Mind Games: American Culture and the Birth of Psychotherapy
Resurrecting the long-buried "prehistory" of American mental therapeutics, "Mind Games" tells the remarkable story of how a widely assorted group of actors none of them hailing from Vienna or from any other European city compelled a ...
Eric Caplan, 1998
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Mind Games
A group of seventh graders joins together in the Mad Science Club in order to discuss the facts and fiction of ESP while also finding time to vent about their families, friendships, and crushes. Reprint.
Jeanne Marie Grunwell, 2006
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Mind Games
Agents Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon are hot on the trail of a drug lord who has created a mind-control drug so potent that in the wrong hands it could be one of the world's most dangerous bioweapons.
J. J. Abrams, Paul Ruditis, 2006
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Mind Games: 31 Days to Rediscover Your Brain
These are not mind games in the Sudoku sense of puzzles or in the scientific sense of exploring the functions and behaviour of the brain. Nor are they just abstract philosophical games.
Martin Cohen, 2011
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Mind Games
This incredible book helps understand the deception behind a broad range of supposed miracles and wonders including psychics, hypnosis, ghost, UFOs and psychic fraud within the church.
Andre Kole, Jerry MacGregor, 2002
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Mind Games: A Brick City Story Vol. 1
Mind Games: A Brick City Story Vol. 1 Depicts the life of a small time street hustler known in the hood as Des, who inherits millions after the death of his father and planed to use the money to start a new life.
Ikish Mullens, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIND GAMES»

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Mind games crucial in fierce Fiji-Samoa rivalry
'What goes on in the islands stays in the islands' seems to be the way matches are officiated in the Pacific and it's a good job that's the case. The phrase was ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
2
Mind games: County fair welcomes well-known mentalists
They relied on mentalists of some kind to help guide their destinies. And now, fairgoers can too at the 70th annual Plumas-Sierra County Fair, ... «Plumas County Newspapers, Jul 15»
3
Perfect timing all part of the mind games
No mind games were at work there; it was just the way Eamon's half-time talk had spiralled. But for the most part, any delay longer than three ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
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Mind Games: 'Home town' decision an indictment of SA rugby
Mind Games: 'Home town' decision an indictment of SA rugby. 2015-07-19 16:34. share this. Related Links. Mind Games: Officials should take a close look at ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
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Hospital ward plays mind games to reunite families
They first treat the mind of the patient, and then try to change the mindset of the families. Doctors at GT Hospital on Sunday reunited two ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
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TV shows play mind games on viewers
This season, a relatively new development is the entry of a series of shows that inveigle viewers to watch by playing mind games on them! «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Ben Stokes Hits Out at 'Silly' Australian Mind Games
England's flame-haired all-rounder has a reputation for a fiery temper after breaking a wrist punching a locker in anger and was also caught up ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
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Stokes hits out at 'silly' Aussie mind games
Ben Stokes has labelled Australia's attempts to put him off his game as "pretty silly" and claimed the Cardiff Test was "revenge" for the 5-0 ... «cricket.com.au, Jul 15»
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Government's mind games with refugee as deportation looms
SOLICITOR Terry Boyce says the government has ramped up the political mind games as Buddies reach 37,000 signatures in support of ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
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Mind Games: That New Zealand state of mind
'It's a Kiwi thing,” was my quick reply recently when asked why New Zealand rugby sides run the ball so well. There was no time to go into detail ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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