gaslight

n.

1. Light produced by burning illuminating gas.
2. A gas burner or lamp.

(GAS-lyt)

verb tr.
To manipulate psychologically.

Etymology
From the title of the classic movie Gaslight (1940 and its 1944 remake), based on author Patrick Hamilton's play. The title refers to a man's use of seemingly unexplained dimming of gaslights (among other tricks) in the house in an attempt to manipulate his wife into thinking she is going insane. See more about this movie at imdb.com/title/tt0036855/ ]

Usage
"Cutting off another couple hours with a zoomy Concorde look-alike would be nice, if such a plane could be delivered at an affordable cost. Here, though, anyone might wonder if the media are being gaslighted along with Airbus." — Holman W. Jenkins Jr.; Haven't Shareholders Had Enough Chicken? The Wall Street Journal (New York); Apr 4, 2001.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gaslygte, gasbelysning, gasblus

Nederlands (Dutch)
gaslicht/-lamp

Français (French)
n. - lueur d'une lampe à gaz

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gaslampe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φως ή λυχνία γκαζιού

Italiano (Italian)
lampada a gas

Português (Portuguese)
n. - luz (f) de gás, bico (m) de gás

Русский (Russian)
газовый фонарь, свет газового фонаря

Español (Spanish)
n. - luz de gas, alumbrado de gas, mechero de gas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gasljus, gaslåga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
煤气灯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 瓦斯燈

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가스등

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガス灯の明かり, ガス灯
adj. - ガス灯時代の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضوء الغاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנורת גז, אור גז‬

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