Imposing a specific identity on a person by treating them well or badly in order to manipulate and control that person.
Someone I know is an identity imposition master. When we're on good terms, she treats me as if were a celebrity and a genius, when we're not getting along or when she starts to lose an argument, she speaks to me as if I were a fool.
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Imposing a better or worse identity on an individual than his or her present one by treating that individual in certain ways in order to manipulate him, her, or it.
My mother is an identity imposition master. When we're on good terms she treats me as if were a celebrity and a genius, but sometimes if she feels she's losing an argument she might speak to me as if I were a fool.
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Intentionally injecting a victim with a specific identity—which can be better or worse than their prevalent identity—by treating them in a certain way in order to manipulate the victim.
My mother is an intuitive master practitioner of identity imposition, she treats me like a genius somedays when we are on good terms, and like a fool when we fall into a conflict.
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Intentionally injecting a victim with a specific identity—which can be better or worse than their prevalent identity—by treating them in a certain way in order to manipulate him or her.
My mother is an intuitive master practitioner of identity imposition, she treats me like a genius somedays when we are on good terms, and like a fool when we fall into a conflict.
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