And insisting that a definition is NOT a definition also fails.

Repeating a flawed definition does not mean you did not engage in the behavior even by the flawed definition.

what conclusion can one draw?

And if one relies on an incorrect understanding of the term, the conclusion is similarly flawed.

I've concluded that some here engage in the behavior under all offered definitions and interpretations. I've also concluded that the behavior is part of an extended group of related negative behaviors that form a pattern.

Others may draw other conclusions.

It can be effective, especially it the target doesn’t realize how the manipulator is trying to manipulate.

Hitler and Goebbels used this masterfully in Nazi Germany.
Repeat a lie till it becomes truth to the masses...
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the X and Y chromosomes and atheists belief in no God?

China!