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Here's where 'gaslighting' got its name
We鈥檝e been exposed to a lot of nastiness during this campaign season. As well as a few choice words. Some vulgar. Some made up. And one that dates back to a British play from the 1930s.
(A scene from a film version of 'Gaslight鈥� directed by Thorold Dickinson and based on the play by the same name. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Image)
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