Gaslighting

2022 - 11 - 28

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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022 (Terrace Standard)

Word for ongoing deceit spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com.

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Believe it – Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'gaslighting' (CNN)

The online dictionary chose "gaslighting," which it defines as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one's own advantage," as ...

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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year (Snopes.com)

In the official announcement, the organization stated: "In this age of misinformation — of "fake news," conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls, and deepfakes — ...

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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's 2022 word of the year: 'We do ... (USA TODAY)

Lookups for gaslighting – defined as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one's own advantage" – increased 1740%.

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How 'gaslighting' became Merriam-Webster's word of the year (The Washington Post)

"In this age of misinformation — of 'fake news,' conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls, and deepfakes — gaslighting has emerged as a word for our time,” the ...

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Philosophical Work on “Gaslighting” — Merriam-Webster's 2022 ... (Daily Nous)

This morning, Merriam-Webster declared “gaslighting” its 2022 Word of the Year. M-W's popular dictionary defines gaslighting as: psychological manipulation ...

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Gaslighting: The Word of the Year (Greek Reporter)

Merriam Webster has officially announced that gaslighting is their 2022 word of the year, given its frequent use in news and social media.

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'Gaslighting' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year (The Wall Street Journal)

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022 was so widely used it has been uttered by politicians, TV talking heads and even the bickering contestants of ...

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Gaslighting: Merriam-Webster picks its word of the year (BBC News)

When British playwright Patrick Hamilton wrote Gas Light in 1938, little did he know how often the word would be used in the 21st Century.

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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022 (Albuquerque Journal)

It birthed two film adaptations in the 1940s. One, George Cukor's “Gaslight” in 1944, starred Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist and Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton ...

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The fossil fuel origins of 'gaslighting' (Grist)

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is all about deception. The literal “gas lights” it references began as a coal-fueled phenomenon.

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'Gaslighting' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year (Smithsonian)

November 29, 2022 3:56 p.m.. Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in 1944 film "Gaslight" Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight, a film ...

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Gaslighting: What Makes a Person Vulnerable? (Psychology Today)

It is easy for an adult to gaslight a child because children believe that adults have superior knowledge and perception. Like all verbal abusers, the gaslighter ...

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