Gaslighting (nonfiction)

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the target and delegitimize the target's belief.[1][2] Instances may range from the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred up to the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim. The term owes its origin to a 1938 play Gas Light and its 1944 film adaptation. The term has been used in clinical and research literature,[3][4] as well as in political commentary.

Fiction cross-reference

• Baron Zersetzung

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Zersetzung (nonfiction)

External links:

• Gaslighting @ Wikipedia.com
• Gaslighting for Beginners @ Medium.com