Essentially, he uses the gas lights in an upstairs flats, causing them to dim in his own flat, and convinces his wife that she’s imagining it. In the play and film, the protagonist’s husband slowly manipulates her into believing she’s going mad. If you’re wondering where the term ‘gaslighting’ originated from, then you’re not alone! The term is apparently derived from the title of a 1938 British stage play called Gas Light, which was later adapted into a film in the United Kingdom (1940) and United States (1944). Forgetting/Denial : This occurs when the abusive party pretends to have forgotten what actually happened or denies promises made to the other party.Trivializing : This occurs when the abusive party makes the victim’s needs or feelings seem unimportant.Blocking/Diverting: This occurs when the abusive party changes the subjects and/or questions the victim’s thoughts.Countering: This occurs when the abusive party questions the other party’s memory of events.Withholding: This occurs when the abusive party pretends not to understand or refuses to listen to the other party.Examples of gaslightingĭid you know that gaslighting can happen in a variety of different ways and contexts? Here are some examples from the National Domestic Violence Hotline to give you an idea: According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the term is defined as the “psychological manipulation of a person over a period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.” Additionally, the term can also mean “the act of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage”. "Sentient,” with lookups brought on by Google canning the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient.It seems fitting to begin with a definition of gaslighting. "Raid,” as in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. "Queen consort,” what King Charles’ wife, Camilla is newly known as.
"Codify,” as in turning abortion rights into federal law. "Omicron,” the persistent COVID-19 variant and the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. "Oligarch,” driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Last year's pick was "vaccine.” Rounding out this year's Top 10 are: "Gaslighting,” Sokolowski said, spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on to earn top dog word of the year status. Some of the droves who looked up "gaslighting” this year might have wanted to know, simply, if it's one or two words, or whether it's hyphenated. They don't slice and dice why people look up words, which can be anything from quick spelling and definition checks to some sort of attempt at inspiration or motivation. Sokolowski and his team weed out evergreen words most commonly looked up to gauge which word received a significant bump over the year before. Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based solely on data. It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan.” It’s something that has a little bit more devious quality to it. "And once one is aware of that deception, it’s not just a straightforward lie, as in, you know, I didn’t eat the cookies in the cookie jar. "There is this implication of an intentional deception,” Sokolowski said. The term gaslighting was later used by mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in abusive relationships. She played Nancy Oliver, a young maid hired by Gregory and told not to bother his "high-strung” wife. The death of Angela Lansbury in October drove some interest in lookups of the word, Sokolowski said. Among other instances, he insists her complaints over the constant dimming of their London townhouse's gaslights is a figment of her troubled mind. The two marry after a whirlwind romance and Gregory turns out to be a champion gaslighter. One, George Cukor's "Gaslight” in 1944, starred Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist and Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton. It birthed two film adaptations in the 1940s. Despite its relatively recent prominence – including "Gaslighter,” The Chicks' 2020 album featuring the rousingly angry titular single – the word was brought to life more than 80 years ago with "Gas Light,” a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton.
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