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"ref": "1962, \"The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV.\" Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode \"Who Is Sylvia\" of the television show Surfside 6",
"text": "Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is \"gaslighting\" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)"
},
{
"ref": "1963, \"TV Scout.\" Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode \"The August Teahouse of Quint McHale\" of McHale's Navy",
"text": "[The men of McHale's Navy] decide to \"gaslight\" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane."
},
{
"ref": "1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564",
"text": "\"You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes.\""
},
{
"text": "1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his \"most excruciating experience with a producer\" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. \"'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg.\" The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.\nI came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie."
},
{
"ref": "2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie",
"text": "Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. … This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life."
},
{
"ref": "2021 September 28, Alexander Brown, An Ethics of Political Communication, Routledge, →ISBN:",
"text": "In fact, political scholars have written a great deal about Trump's gaslighting of the American people on various fronts. For example, Duca (2016) describes Trump's gaslighting as only beginning when he has initially lied or misled about issues—such as falsely claiming that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world or that crime is on the rise. As Duca puts it: 'The gaslighting part comes in when the fictions are disputed by the media and Trump doubles down on his lies before painting himself as a victim […]'",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abusar"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "fer llum de gas"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dolhat člověka k pravdě"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulhat člověka k důvěře"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dělat z někoho blbce"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslighte"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "destabiliseren"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "ontredderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslampumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuloida luulemaan olevansa sekaisin"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuloida luulemaan tulevansa hulluksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "sumuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"Anglicism",
"slang"
],
"word": "kaasuvalottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuler"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"english": "anglicism",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslighter"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"english": "anglicism",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslight"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gagižebamde maniṗulireba",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "გაგიჟებამდე მანიპულირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "mit Psychotricks allmählich in den Wahnsinn treiben",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mit Psychotricks langsam irre machen"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "elbizonytalanítva manipulál és az őrületbe kerget/hajszol",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "valóságérzékelése érvénytelenítésével elhiteti vele, hogy őrült",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslightingot alkalmaz"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gázlángol"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mentiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abūsō"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gazlájtitʹ",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "газла́йтить"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "praviti ludim"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "geslajtati"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mentir"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipular"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "make someone not believe something",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "embocar"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "huevear"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "Andes",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "huevonear"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "make someone believe a falsehood",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "casquear"
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"Terms with Czech translations",
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"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
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"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
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"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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"derived": [
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"word": "gaslight romance"
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{
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{
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"text": "He was renovated and refreshed, his soul was strengthened, and his countenance waxed cheerful, and he began to feel like himself again, under the brown canopy of metropolitan smoke, and among the cabs and gaslights.",
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"ref": "1904, Yogi Ramacharaka [pseudonym; William Walker Atkinson], “Fresh Air”, in Hatha Yoga: Or The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-being […], Chicago, Ill.: Yogi Publication Society […], →OCLC, page 222:",
"text": "Open the windows once in awhile and give the air a chance to circulate in and out. In the evening, do not forget that the lamps and gaslights are using up a goodly supply of oxygen also—so freshen things up a little, once in awhile.",
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"text": "A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.",
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"ref": "1953 April, Henry Maxwell, “Abandoned Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 270:",
"text": "Then as the darkness descended, they began to shine with the mellow radiance of gaslight.",
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"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "kaasulamppu"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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],
"word": "bec de gaz"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gazis natura",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "გაზის ნათურა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gaslampe"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aeriófos",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αεριόφως"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anthrakaério",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ανθρακαέριο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lámpa aeríou",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λάμπα αερίου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "gázlámpa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaslampi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gáslampa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gasu-tō",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "ガス灯"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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"masculine"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "lampa gazowa"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "lâmpada a gás"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "lampião"
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"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "га́зовая ла́мпа"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plinska lampa"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lámpara a gas"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "gasera"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "lasigi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lamp which burns piped illuminating gas",
"word": "gaz lambası"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méiqì dēngguāng",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"word": "煤氣燈光 /煤气灯光"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gaslys"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"word": "kaasuvalo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gazis ganatebaa",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"word": "გაზის განათებაა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gaslicht"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aeriófos",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αεριόφως"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "gasljós"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solas gáis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"word": "oświetlenie gazowe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luz/iluminação a gás"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gázovoje osveščénije",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "га́зовое освеще́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plinsko svjetlo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plinsko svetlo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luz a gas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "light produced by burning gas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"etymology_text": "From the 1938 stage play Gas Light by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment. For more details, see also Gaslighting § Etymology on Wikipedia.",
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"ref": "1962, \"The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV.\" Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode \"Who Is Sylvia\" of the television show Surfside 6",
"text": "Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is \"gaslighting\" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)"
},
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"ref": "1963, \"TV Scout.\" Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode \"The August Teahouse of Quint McHale\" of McHale's Navy",
"text": "[The men of McHale's Navy] decide to \"gaslight\" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane."
},
{
"ref": "1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564",
"text": "\"You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes.\""
},
{
"text": "1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his \"most excruciating experience with a producer\" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. \"'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg.\" The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.\nI came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie."
},
{
"ref": "2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie",
"text": "Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. … This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life."
},
{
"ref": "2021 September 28, Alexander Brown, An Ethics of Political Communication, Routledge, →ISBN:",
"text": "In fact, political scholars have written a great deal about Trump's gaslighting of the American people on various fronts. For example, Duca (2016) describes Trump's gaslighting as only beginning when he has initially lied or misled about issues—such as falsely claiming that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world or that crime is on the rise. As Duca puts it: 'The gaslighting part comes in when the fictions are disputed by the media and Trump doubles down on his lies before painting himself as a victim […]'",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abusar"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "fer llum de gas"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dolhat člověka k pravdě"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "ulhat člověka k důvěře"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dělat z někoho blbce"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslighte"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "destabiliseren"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "ontredderen"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslampumi"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuloida luulemaan olevansa sekaisin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuloida luulemaan tulevansa hulluksi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "sumuttaa"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
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"Anglicism",
"slang"
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"word": "kaasuvalottaa"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipuler"
},
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"code": "fr",
"english": "anglicism",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslighter"
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"code": "fr",
"english": "anglicism",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslight"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gagižebamde maniṗulireba",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "გაგიჟებამდე მანიპულირება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "mit Psychotricks allmählich in den Wahnsinn treiben",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mit Psychotricks langsam irre machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "elbizonytalanítva manipulál és az őrületbe kerget/hajszol",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "valóságérzékelése érvénytelenítésével elhiteti vele, hogy őrült",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gaslightingot alkalmaz"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "gázlángol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipolare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mentiō"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abūsō"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "in a psychological sense",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gazlájtitʹ",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "газла́йтить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "praviti ludim"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "geslajtati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "mentir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "manipular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "make someone not believe something",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "embocar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "huevear"
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"code": "es",
"english": "Andes",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "huevonear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "make someone believe a falsehood",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to manipulate (someone) such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity",
"word": "casquear"
}
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"Gas Light",
"Gaslighting#Etymology",
"gaslighting"
],
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