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1.41 MISSION CREEP -- PSYCHOLOGY ABUSE TERMS, CONCEPTS==== Mission Creep MEANING: A military term that means the original objectives of a mission are being expanded to include other things. Mission creep is a variation on "well while you're doing that, you might as well do this." RELEVANCE TO ABUSE: Abusive and manipulative people have a way of getting the abused to agree do one seemingly simple thing. However, the abused soon finds that the abuser expects a number of additional things as well, things that were never mentioned originally. EXAMPLE: This old joke is an example of mission creep -- When you are up to your butt in alligators, it's hard to remember that you came to drain the pool. RELATED WORDS AND PHRASES: expansion, inclusion, extra, additional === Article About Mission Creep=== Another Definition Of Mission Creep |
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