psyop
Americannoun
plural
psyops-
a military operation that uses psychological techniques to weaken, demoralize, or otherwise gain an advantage over an enemy or adversary: also, the use of such techniques domestically.
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something, especially a famous person or social media campaign that is used to change or shape the attitudes of the public.
Example Sentences
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In the age of the internet and social media this type of propaganda campaign and psyop is much more powerful than even master Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels could have imagined in the 1940s and 1930s.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
On a recent recruiting trip to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, the recruiters brought a psyop officer and a civil affairs officer along to speak with the cadets.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
In fact, about six months after the first video was released, the command began surveying soldiers who applied for the psyop mission and got into the assessment and selection course.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
Whether kissing Raquel was a diabolical cover to distract from his best friend's affair, a nasty psyop against his ex, or just a routine, drunken lack of impulse control doesn't really matter.
From Salon • May 26, 2023
“Of particular importance to psyop personnel may be publicly and commercially available data from social media platforms.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2017
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