When someone does the opposite of what you ask?

Reactance occurs when a person feels that someone or something is taking away their choices or limiting the range of alternatives. People using reverse psychology are playing on reactance, attempting to influence someone to choose the opposite of what they request.

What is it called when you tell someone to do something but they do the opposite?

Reverse psychology is a manipulation technique that involves getting people to do something by prompting them to do the opposite. For example, a parent might use reverse psychology on their child by telling them “you probably won’t be able to eat all this broccoli”, in order to get their child to finish the broccoli.

When something happens that’s the opposite of what is expected?

Characters say one thing, but mean another. Neither reader nor characters know the outcome of the story.

When something does the opposite of what it’s supposed to?

Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes.

When a person says one thing but means another?

The noun for someone who says one thing but does another is “hypocrite.” The adjective form is “hypocritical.”

What do you mean by reverse psychology?

Reverse psychology, also known as strategic self-anticonformity, is a tactic that involves advocating for a behavior that is different than the desired outcome.

What do you call someone who is your opposite?

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. antithesis. opposite. reverse. converse.

What do you call someone who says one thing but means another?

hypocrite Add to list Share. A hypocrite preaches one thing, and does another. The word hypocrite is rooted in the Greek word hypokrites, which means “stage actor, pretender, dissembler.” So think of a hypocrite as a person who pretends to be a certain way, but really acts and believes the total opposite.

When someone says the opposite of what he/she means?

“Contra-” usually means “against,” and to contradict is to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or saying. Sometimes to contradict is to frustrate with words, like when one person says “The sky is blue” and another says “No, it’s azure.”