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Gaslighting is word of the year, says Merriam-Webster dictionary

Lookups of term for psychological manipulation of a person increased by 1,740% during 2022“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 before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year. The gaslighting was pervasive. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...dictionary

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