Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reverse psychology

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
re-verse psy-chol-o-gy
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does reverse psychology mean?
The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course.

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