psyops en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/
Etymology
Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.
Meanings
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(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:
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(form-of, plural) plural of psyop
form of psyop
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psy-ops | alternative | lexicographic | |
| psyop | Number=Sing | lexicographic |