Are you sure you know what ‘gaslighting’ is?

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March 25, 2026

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The 1944 film <em>Gaslight</em> starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.

Therapists say we’re overusing the word. Here’s what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.

(Image credit: Herbert Dorfman)