Gaslight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), gas·light·ed or gas·lit, gas·light·ing.
  1. to cause (a person) to doubt their judgment, memory, or sanity through the use of psychological manipulation: How do you know if your partner is gaslighting you?
  2. to deceive (a person or group of people) through repetition of a constructed false narrative: The cable news networks have been gaslighting their viewers with partisan coverage of the bill.
noun
  1. light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
  2. a gas burner or gas jet for producing light through the process of combustion.
adjective
  1. gaslit (def. 2).
noun
  1. a type of lamp in which the illumination is produced by an incandescent mantle heated by a jet of gas
  2. the light produced by such a lamp
Gaslight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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