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psyops

British  
/ ˈsaɪˌɒps /

plural noun

  1. short for psychological operations

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And so started the psyops campaign against women’s body hair a hundred years ago, for the same profitable reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

There is no way to engage productively with psyops — you can't have a reasonable conversation with someone who is telling you that you are stupid or morally defective.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2024

It’s particularly difficult for psyops soldiers, whose work is often less visible than that of the more celebrated Army commandos and not always understood.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Not to mention all the memes about psyops, although I guess that counts as a mention.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

Farrow can be disarmingly wry — “I knew my way around a paternity rumor” — even when writing about another shadowy psyops firm spying on him and other journalists.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

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