![]() ![]() These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gaslighting.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Whether intended or not, this is classic gaslighting. 2023 Helping identify dynamics in certain teams or departments such as pet to threat, and microaggressions, including gaslighting, exclusion, and sabotage. L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023 This can also include gaslighting, denial, and manipulation. 2023 Americans are unlikely to fall for 12 pages of narrative gaslighting, and the buck for that dark episode stops with President Biden. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022 Renfield isn’t just a loyal servant and enabler dragging unsuspecting human prey to their demise in Dracula’s lair but another victim too, his life force sucked dry not via fang but rather coercion, manipulation and gaslighting. 2022 In our current moment of intense dispute and contestation, when the clash of narratives and history are reduced to disputes over truth and feelings, disinformation, and gaslighting, Raoul Peck’s documentary series is an uncompromising commitment to evidence, science, ethics, and morality. Noun That should stop, absolutely, the gaslighting and all that s–t? - Glenn Rowley, Billboard, But that aspect of gaslighting did not make it into the popular understanding of the word. Its increasing use in many contexts contributed to making gaslighting Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2022. Unlike lying, which tends to be between individuals, and fraud, which tends to involve organizations, gaslighting applies in both personal and political contexts, and is found in formal and technical writing as well as in colloquial use. The idea of a deliberate conspiracy to mislead has made gaslighting useful in describing lies that are part of a larger plan. In this use, the word is at home with other terms relating to modern forms of deception and manipulation, such as fake news and deepfake. In the current century, the word has come to refer also to something simpler and broader: “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for a personal advantage” (sense 2). When gaslighting was first used in the mid-20th century, it referred to a kind of deception like that in the plots mentioned above (sense 1). His mysterious activities in the attic cause the house’s gas lights to dim, but he insists to his wife that the lights are not dimming and that she can’t trust her own perceptions. As psychoanalyst Babita Spinelli, L.P., explains, 'Its a manipulation where someone (the gaslighter) dismisses your perception of reality or causes you to question your judgment or perception of reality. The origins of gaslighting are colorful: the term comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play, the plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane. Gaslighting is a form of abuse in which someone denies your reality, which makes you question your own experiences or beliefs. The Origin and Semantic Development of Gaslighting ![]()
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