"reverse psychology" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} reverse psychology (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course. Wikipedia link: reverse psychology Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course): käänteispsykologia (Finnish), psychologie inversée [feminine] (French), umgekehrte Psychologie [feminine] (German), psicología inversa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reverse_psychology-en-noun-mxBh8OxQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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