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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Communication > Propaganda > Gaslighting
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Preferred term

Gaslighting  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gaslighting, Medical
  • Medical Gaslighting

Scope note

  • Form of emotional or psychological abuse where an individual (or a group) makes someone question their perceptions of reality—including their memories, their thoughts, and the events taking place around them. It often exploits “gender-based stereotypes and structural and institutional inequalities..

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000090206

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