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Daily Mail News
By OLIVIA DEVEREUX-EVANS FOR MAILONLINE and AP
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‘Gaslighting’ has been named the word of 2022 by dictionary Merriam-Webster after a 1,740 per cent surge in searches for the expression on its website in a year.
There was not a single event which drove spikes in the curiosity of searchers for the term, which usually happens when there is a new word of the year. Merriam Webster defines gaslighting as the psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time.
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