Look-ups of the word "gaslighting" on Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary jumped by 1740% this year compared to the year prior. (Photo: Getty) Well, to be completely truthful, the dictionary itself ...

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2022 word of the year: "gaslighting." Gaslighting – defined broadly as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage" – gained ...

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The term “gaslighting” has seen a major spike in popularity across social media and pop culture over the past several years, to the point where Merriam-Webster chose it as 2022’s “word of the year,” ...

You better believe it — “gaslighting” is the word of the year. The newly common term for lying to someone in order to mentally manipulate them topped Merriam-Webster’s list of 2022’s hottest words and ...

It means downright deceitful. Manipulating. Misleading. Merriam-Webster has named its word of 2022 - "gaslighting." The official definition for "gaslighting," according to Merriam-Webster, is the ...

The dictionary is gaslighting me. I know I sound crazy, but that’s just proof of gaslighting, right? Let me explain. For years I’ve been telling people that they never have to agonize over whether to ...

The term "gaslighting" originated in 1938, but it was not until about 2010 that it was widely used. It still includes the original meaning—malign efforts to convince someone that their own sense of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." But even though “gaslighting” is a trendy term, the behavior it’s meant to describe is incredibly ...

Gaslighting as a concept has captured the public's attention like few others, speaking to a deep, unsettling, and all-too-common situation in which power imbalances in relationships are used to ...

"Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year ...

“Gaslighting” — mind-manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased by 1,740% over last year. But ...