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psychological warfare
noun
- the use of propaganda, threats, and other psychological techniques to mislead, intimidate, demoralize, or otherwise influence the thinking or behavior of an opponent.
psychological warfare
noun
- the military application of psychology, esp to propaganda and attempts to influence the morale of enemy and friendly groups in time of war
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psychological warfare1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
TEL AVIV, Israel — Call it psychological warfare gone wrong.
From The Daily Beast
The psychological warfare can also be seen in the patronizing tone Democratic officials are now taking toward the Republicans.
From The Daily Beast
He might be a civilian big-wheel in an Army psychological warfare project, but he still had four newscasts a day to produce.
From Project Gutenberg
It was beginning to look as though the psychological-warfare experiment might show another, unexpected, success.
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His reaction then was that it was all a Wall Street-capitalist plot—'psychological warfare,' he called it.
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