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.

the military application of psychology, esp to propaganda and attempts to influence the morale of enemy and friendly groups in time of war

First recorded in 1935–40

TEL AVIV, Israel — Call it psychological warfare gone wrong.

The psychological warfare can also be seen in the patronizing tone Democratic officials are now taking toward the Republicans.

He might be a civilian big-wheel in an Army psychological warfare project, but he still had four newscasts a day to produce.

It was beginning to look as though the psychological-warfare experiment might show another, unexpected, success.

His reaction then was that it was all a Wall Street-capitalist plot—'psychological warfare,' he called it.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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