gaslight
English
Alternative forms
- gas lamp (US)
Etymology
gas + light. The verb sense derives from the 1938 stage play Gas Light, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæslaɪt/
Noun
gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights)
Hypernyms
Translations
light produced by burning gas
lamp that burns gas
Verb
gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslighted or gaslit)
- To manipulate someone psychologically such that they question their own sanity, particularly by leading them to doubt their own experiences or perceptions of reality.
- 2013, Victoria Summit, Stop Dancing in the Gaslight: Recognizing Domestic Abuse is Half the Battle, Scarlett Publishing, page 14,
- In the Disney movie, Oz, the Great and Powerful, Oz's gaslighting schemes showcase his extreme case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
- 2013, Victoria Summit, Stop Dancing in the Gaslight: Recognizing Domestic Abuse is Half the Battle, Scarlett Publishing, page 14,
See also
References
gas lighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gaslighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “gaslight” (US) / “gaslight” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
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