Gazalighting

Psychological manipulation where one who attacks another uses the response to gain sympathy for their actions.

Alex: "I noticed you told everyone about the disagreement we had, but you left out the part where you were shouting."

Jamie: "Well, I was under a lot of stress. It's not fair how everyone is piling on me now."

Alex: "That's gazalighting, Jamie. You're omitting your role in the escalation and then making yourself out to be the one who's being targeted, all to gain sympathy."

by JohnBryce April 2, 2024

Gazalighting

Gaza-lighting /verb
Psychological manipulation is when one who commits atrocities uses the response to gain sympathy for their actions.

Bob kidnapped a baby and then complained when he was arrested. Bob is gazalighting

by Muhammad abo bakbok June 4, 2024

Gazalighting

To gain sympathy or support for a person or organization that commits heinous or barbaric acts using psychological manipulation and/or propaganda

That serial killer's defense lawyer is doing a great job of gazalighting the jury

Hamas sure is good at gazalighting those college students

by anonymous June 5, 2024

Gazalighting

Psychological manipulation where obesity eho commits atrocities uses the response to gain sympathies for their actions.

Bob kidnapped a baby then complained rhen he was arrested. Bob is gazalighting.

by MrBigSpoon2 December 27, 2024

Gaslighting

A form of intimidation or psychological abuse, sometimes called Ambient Abuse where false information is presented to the victim, making them doubt their own memory, perception and quite often, their sanity. The classic example of gaslighting is to switch something around on someone that you know they're sure to notice, but then deny knowing anything about it, and to explain that they "must be imagining things" when they challenge these changes.

A more psychological definition of gaslighting is "an increasing frequency of systematically withholding factual information from, and/or providing false information to, the victim - having the gradual effect of making them anxious, confused, and less able to trust their own memory and perception.

Your spouse begins telling you things that never really happened. For instance, he says that last week he told you he was going to go to the bar with his buddies this Monday night, but you never remember him telling you that.

Or maybe your boss gets angry because you didn't prepare the report he asked you to. When you remind him that he usually prepares that particular report, he snaps that he told you to take care of it a few days ago because he was too busy. However, you know he never asked you to do so.

Both of these could be considered gaslighting.

by Your Reality Check June 1, 2009

Gaslighting

When you lie to someone and you make them feel insane because they don’t know what to believe anymore. It’s a type of psychological abuse.

Matt Watson is always gaslighting Ryan Magee. Ryan says “ Stop gas lighting me Matt sponge bob is not gay”

by Super mega fan June 24, 2019

Gaslighting

There's no such thing as gaslighting. Who even told you about this word? You probably dreamt it up. You're so stupid for even thinking this could be a real word.

Gaslighting? Maybe you misremembered a different word?

by EdMason September 7, 2021