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gaslight, v.
Brit. |ˈgaslʌɪt|, U.S. |ˈgæsˌlaɪt|
[‹ the title of George Cukor's 1944 film Gaslight (a remake of a 1940 version), in which a man psychologically manipulates his wife into believing that she is going insane. Compare slightly earlier gaslighting n.
The title refers to the husband's adjustment of their home's gaslights to flicker and dim at unexpected times.]
trans. To manipulate (a person) by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity.
1969S. C. Plog Changing Perspectives in Mental Illness 83 It is also popularly believed to be possible to ‘gaslight’ a perfectly healthy person into psychosis by interpreting his own behavior to him as symptomatic of serious mental illness. 1977Kennebec Jrnl. (Maine) 22 Jan. 12/1 Starsky & Hutch begins as a straight story..then turns into a revenge tale, then who's gaslighting whom. 1987National Lampoon Dec. 16 You gonna be gas-lighted by dese spooks. 2000Spectator 1 Apr. 72/2 He ‘gaslighted’ Christina, humiliated and mentally tortured her, and shamelessly went after her money pretending to be investing it for her. |