psyops

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/ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

noun

Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens.

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Meanings

nounpsyops pl (normally plural, singular psyop)

singular psyop · alternative psy-ops

  1. pluralplural normallyTechniques 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
noun

alternative psy-ops

  1. pluralplural of psyop
verb

alternative psy-ops

  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of psyop

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
psychological warfarewar of nerves

Origin

Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psyops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psyops.

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