gaslighting
noun/ˈɡæslaɪtɪŋ/
/ˈɡæslaɪtɪŋ/
[uncountable]- the process of making somebody believe untrue things in order to control them, especially that they have imagined or been wrong about what has really happened
- The movie conveys the very real terror of domestic violence and gaslighting.
Word Originfrom the storyline of the film Gaslight (1944), in which a man makes his wife believe that she is going insaneDefinitions on the go
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