Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'gaslighting.'
, meaning it is not an officially recognized psychiatric or mental-health condition. But that doesn't negate its impact on victims of the behavior.
Dr. Stern attributes some of the rise of usage of the term gaslighting to former president Donald Trump. In 2017, journalism professor Ben Yagoda wrote inthat the word gaslighting had increased in usage as a reaction to Trump's behavior, stating the former president had a habitual tendency to,"say 'X', and then, at some later date, indignantly declare, 'I did not say"X". In fact, I would never dream of saying"X".
Gaslighting is also inextricably linked with abusive behavior and, as such, Dr. Stern says accusing someone of being a gaslighter simply because they are trying to convince you of something is a surefire way to scare them into abandoning their argument.
“Gaslighting is often used in an accusatory way when somebody may just be insistent on something, or somebody may be trying to influence you. That’s not what gaslighting is.” —Robin Stern, PhDneed the understood definition of the word to be protected. Dr.
Now, given the pervasiveness of “gaslight” in our vocabulary, it's fair to say it's at risk for following the path paved by words like “
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