Merriam-Webster announced ‘Gaslighting’ as its Word of the Year 2022

Merriam-Webster announced ‘Gaslighting’ as its Word of the Year 2022

• The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced that their 2022 word of the year is “gaslighting” or as Merriam-Webster defines it, “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.” Interest in the term was up by 1,740% over the previous years according to searches of the online dictionary.
• The term itself came into existence 80 years ago in 1938 through gas light, Gas Light is a play written by Patrick Hamilton. Two films were made on this play in the 1940s.
• The dictionary defines the term as: “The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.”
• Gaslighting refers to playing with someone on a psychological level for a long period of time, so that the victim begins to doubt the validity of their own thoughts and true sense of self.
• Gaslighting can also be a corporate ploy to mislead the public.
• Gaslighting, in simple language, is cheating psychologically with someone.

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Published date : 30 Nov 2022 05:51PM