Today’s “Word of the Day” is “gaslight“ and it is a verb meaning “to undermine another person’s reality/sanity by denying facts or their feelings; to make a person think they are going insane/crazy (Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse or manipulative tactic/strategy in which a person or entity, in order to gain more power, makes a victim question their reality)”.
Example Sentence: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to gaslight communities into accepting that mass unemployment, rising underemployment and poverty alleviation is not the responsibility of the state.
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Johnson’s poor taste: no buzz from compassion’s sugar rush and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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