0 the act of using a person's feelings of kindness, sympathy, or duty in order to persuade them to do something or feel something:
1 a way of trying to make someone do something by making them feel guilty
It is hardly an overstatement to talk of indoctrination and certainly of emotional blackmail.
He must speak to the amendments and stop introducing emotional blackmail, which does not work.
Let us have less emotional blackmail of women and a good deal more help for them.
Many of us who have been advocates in such matters have seen time and time again the terrible situation of children being used as emotional blackmail in family disputes.
Powerful people design communication that elicits or changes emotional responses (false concern or faking, vanquishing emotions from work, emotional blackmail).
Emotional blackmail is a form of psychological manipulation.
This was cruel emotional blackmail.
Annie is always sponging cigarettes, change for the drinks machine and food from the other characters, occasionally using emotional blackmail to increase her chances of success.
