gaslight
/ˈɡæslaɪt//ˈɡæsˌlaɪt/
- n.
- 煤气灯光,煤气灯
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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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- 1formal, strictly, prescriptiveTo manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity