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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 66 points 20 hours ago (16 children)

Sigh...

"Gaslighting is the manipulation of someone into questioning their perception of reality."

  • Wikipedia

Can we at least get the definition right when we outright define it?

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world -2 points 18 hours ago (9 children)
[–] gjoel@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

See #2 ... Oh, wait... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gaslighting

But yes, I get it. That's the reason why this is so frustrating. At this point gaslighting has become synonymous with deceiving. Because people who use the word don't know the (original) meaning!

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