We first heard the term back in 2018 thanks to Women's Aid and a certain Love Islander.
Though the term was first coined in the mid-twentieth century, it was arguably the turn of events on the nation’s favourite dating show that brought gaslighting to the fore of popular lexicon and now, over four years later, it’s been named Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year 2022.
‘Its origins are colourful,’ reads the official Merrian-Webster website. ‘The term comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movie based on that play, the plot of which involves a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane. His mysterious activities in the attic cause the house’s gas lights to dim, but he insists to his wife that the lights are not dimming and that she can’t trust her own perceptions.
, which played out over the summer. Gaslighting was an accusation levied at both Jonny and Amber with equal velocity. Amber was reproached for it when an incriminating audio recording of her calling Jonny ‘a baby’ was used in court, with many turning on her for supposedly exploiting the ‘believe victims’ narrative to unfairly demonise her ex-husband.
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