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psyops en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens.
    • ‘Russia Today’, he said, his finger marking each syllable with a thud on the table in front of us, ‘is psy-ops’—short for psychological operations. […] ‘It is run directly from the Kremlin. It's following Kremlin's narratives. It's a psy-ops operation. And it's black psy-ops.’ 2018, Carl Miller, quoting Mark Laity, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of psyop
    form of psyop

Forms

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Hypernyms

propaganda · brain-washing

psyops en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of psyop
    form of psyop

Forms

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