Eggyhead

There doesn’t have to be some elaborate ongoing scheme for something to be gaslighting.

100% agree.

You are correct. The only truly incorrectly defined word in the list is the “pop psychology” form of “trauma”, which looks like it was just made up for the sake of the meme. “Gaslighting” is correct on both sides, but the two in the middle are actually being paired with different forms of the same word, so the definition is inherently different. Also, the definitions on the left are coming from a learner’s dictionary so they come across as stupid next to advanced definitions.

1. Take a learners dictionary and pair it with an advanced one.
2. Pic some controversial words.
3. Compare verbs against nouns, nouns against adjectives so the definitions aren’t actually the same but look like they should be.
4. Completely make up the last “simple” definition so it seems like you are making some profound point that’s actually just a dumb comment.
5. Call the side with the stupid comment you made up “pop psychology” so people can see in plain sight what gaslighting actually looks like.