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> In contemporary language, gaslighting is a colloquialism describing the subjective experience of having one's reality repeatedly questioned I understand it's
by Aachen 3y ago
> In contemporary language, gaslighting is a colloquialism describing the subjective experience of having one's reality repeatedly questioned
I understand it's even more contemporary to start using the word for anything where you could otherwise respond "don't be a dick", but I'm not sure what alternative word we could still use to mean gaslighting if gaslighting gets hijacked for a general negative meaning
- jsjohnst 3y agoFair point! I was basing it more on this definition: > to grossly mislead or deceive (someone) especially for one's own advantage But even that doesn’t fit ideally, so I edited the post.