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Ghostlighting

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Ghostlighting combines ghosting and gaslighting — someone disappears without explanation first (ghosting), and when they resurface, they act as if nothing happened, or even deny that the silence occurred at all.

Where ordinary ghosting hurts mainly through silence, ghostlighting adds a second layer — denying reality, a signature move of gaslighting. The term is still fairly new in everyday use.

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