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Definition of gaslighting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gaslighting

noun
 
/ˈɡæslaɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡæslaɪtɪŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. 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.
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originfrom the storyline of the film Gaslight (1944), in which a man makes his wife believe that she is going insane
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