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gaslighter

noun

Etymology

From gaslight + -er.

  1. inherited from lightere
  2. compounded as gaslighter — “gas + lighter”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, lights gas.

  2. One who engages in the psychological tactic of gaslighting.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gaslighter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA