gaslighting and cancel culture
French translation: détournement cognitif et culture du bannissement
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cancel culture = culture de l'annulation; gaslighting = manipulation mentale [voir en bas] Explanation: En fait gaslighting, soit dans sa forme plus 'dure' et malicieuse soit dans sa forme plus légère consistant simplement à mentir ou nier (par example pour cacher une tromperie) sans vouloir vraiment faire du mal n'à pas de traduction specifique en français. Je dirais , génériquement "manipulations mentale", ou "instigation du doute de ses mémoires/ perceptions" |
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peer agreement (net): +2détournement cognitif et culture du bannissement Explanation: Mich, bienvenue, dans le présent forum il faut normalement ne demander qu’un seul terme à la fois ou un bout de phrase représentant une difficulté. Les deux termes jouissent de traductions au Canada français : détournement cognitif et culture du bannissement. Détournement cognitif : [...] forme d'abus mental dans lequel l'information est déformée ou présentée sous un autre jour, omise sélectivement pour favoriser l'abuseur, ou faussée dans le but de faire douter la victime de sa mémoire, de sa perception et de sa santé mentale. https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?l... Culture du bannissement ou du boycottage ou de l’effacement : Pratique qui consiste à dénoncer une personne ou un groupe pour des propos ou comportements jugés inappropriés ou offensants dans le but de leur enlever tout soutien ou pouvoir dans les cercles sociaux et professionnels. [...] Phénomène observé dans plusieurs sphères, dont les réseaux sociaux et les milieux universitaires, qui vise surtout des artistes, des grandes marques et des personnalités politiques, mais qui s'étend à toute personne, qu'elle soit connue ou non. https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?l... |
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| Reference: Origin of the word "gaslighting" in English Reference information: It comes from a 1938 play and 1944 movie (starring Ingrid Bergman) in which the main character's husband used vicious psychological techniques to make the main character think she was going insane: "Gaslighting is a colloquialism, loosely defined as manipulating someone so as to make them question their own reality.[1][2] The term derives from the title of the 1944 American film Gaslight, which was based on the 1938 British theatre play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting Pay no attention to that Wikipedia page's statement that the term "did not gain popular currency in English until the mid-2010's." That entry must have been written by a millennial. The word underwent an explosion in use in the mid-2010s but it has meant the same thing for my entire life and most likely since the movie came out or not long afterwards. "Gaslighting is the act of distorting the truth in a way that’s intended to make another person accept the deception due to doubting their own memory, reality, or sanity. It’s considered a form of psychological manipulation or emotional abuse." https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/gaslighting/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 days (2023-01-10 17:18:51 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- The movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 days (2023-01-10 17:20:17 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- The OED shows that the word has been used in this sense since at least as early as 1961 and possibly since the 1950s: https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/255554 |
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