gaslight

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).
 * 2) The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
 * 1) The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
 * 1) The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
 * 1) The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِصْبَاح غَاز
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: plynová lampa
 * Danish: gaslampe, gaslygte, gaslys
 * Finnish: kaasulamppu
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაზის ნათურა
 * German:
 * Greek:, ανθρακαέριο, λάμπα αερίου
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gaslampi
 * Irish: gáslampa
 * Japanese: ガス灯
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gasslampe
 * Nynorsk: gasslampe
 * Polish: lampa gazowa
 * Portuguese: lâmpada a gás,
 * Russian: га́зовая ла́мпа
 * Serbo-Croatian: plinska lampa, plinska svjetiljka, plinska svetiljka
 * Spanish: lámpara a gas
 * Tagalog: gasera, lasigi
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 煤氣燈光
 * Danish: gaslys
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: გაზის განათებაა
 * German: Gaslicht
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: gasljós
 * Irish: solas gáis
 * Polish: oświetlenie gazowe
 * Portuguese: luz/iluminação a gás
 * Russian: га́зовое освеще́ние
 * Serbo-Croatian: plinsko svjetlo, plinsko svetlo

Etymology 2
From the 1938 stage play  by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment. For more details, see also on Wikipedia.

Verb

 * 1)  To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for  reasons.
 * 2) * 1962, "The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV." Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode "Who Is Sylvia" of the television show Surfside 6:
 * Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)
 * 1) * 1963, "TV Scout." Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode "The August Teahouse of Quint McHale" of McHale's Navy:
 * [The men of McHale's Navy] decide to "gaslight" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane.
 * 1) * 1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564:
 * "You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes."
 * 1) * 1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his "most excruciating experience with a producer" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. "'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg." The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.
 * I came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie.
 * 1) * 2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie:
 * Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. [...] This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.

Usage notes

 * Loose use of the term, to include unintentional or inadvertent gaslighting or even just any dishonest, biased efforts at persuasion, or the putting down of someone, have contributed to degradation of its usefulness in describing the more specific type of behavior. For more details, see.

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: dolhat člověka k pravdě, ulhat člověka k důvěře, dělat z někoho blbce
 * Danish: gaslighte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: gaslampumi
 * Finnish: manipuloida luulemaan olevansa sekaisin, manipuloida luulemaan tulevansa hulluksi; ; kaasuvalottaa
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაგიჟებამდე მანიპულირება
 * German: mit Psychotricks allmählich in den Wahnsinn treiben, mit Psychotricks langsam irre machen
 * Hungarian: elbizonytalanítva manipulál és az őrületbe kerget/hajszol, valóságérzékelése érvénytelenítésével elhiteti vele, hogy őrült, gaslightingot alkalmaz, gázlángol
 * Italian:
 * Latin: mentiō, abūsō
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: praviti ludim, geslajtati
 * Spanish:, facerle la psicológica a