Merriam-Webster Dictionary chose the term “Gaslighting” as its 2022 word of the year as it was searched on their website 1,740% more in 2022 than in the previous year.
“In this age of misinformation—of ‘fake news,’ conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls, and deepfakes—gaslighting has emerged as a word for our time.”
Today on How I See It, we discuss this term—how it’s come to be used and abused in our culture, how we can recognize its effects in our own lives, and work to eliminate its telltale signs from our conversations.