Word of the Day – Gaslight

• Verb: Gaslight
  1. manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity. As in, Carl made Mary think she was crazy, even though she clearly caught him cheating. He gaslit her.
• Synonyms:
  1.   interesting I did not find any synonyms. Do you have some, let me know.
• Usage:
  1. “’And so we are about to be gaslit in a truly unprecedented way. It starts with a check for $1,200 — don’t say I never gave you anything — and then it will be so big that it will be bigly. And it will be a one-two punch from both big business and the big white house — inextricably intertwined now more than ever and being led by, as our luck would have it, a Marketer-in-Chief. ’”
• Encountered:
  1. While reading an opinion piece by Julio Vincent Gambuto: Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting

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