psywar

[ sahy-wawr ]

noun

1. psychological warfare.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of psychological warfare:

   to wage a psywar campaign against the enemy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psywar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; by shortening

Example Sentences

Hints of its origin are tucked into frames as they flash by: PSYWAR.

From Seattle Times

This is plausible, even probable, because Lansdale was using every psywar technique in his repertoire to encourage emigration to the South and many of them were even more fanciful and lurid than the chopstick torture.

From MSNBC

Part of the noise is psywar to put terrorist wannabes on notice, part is Washington's habitual CYA--cover your you-know-what.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says one of JUSPAO'S "psywar" adepts: "We're the world's worst litterbugs."

From Time Magazine Archive

Begged, borrowed and sometimes stolen outright from the Communists, the psywar ploys cut in many directions.

From Time Magazine Archive