psyop
/ˈsaɪ.ɒp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.
noun
An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.
noun
A psychological operative; a person who participates in psychological operations.
verb
To manipulate or influence someone's thoughts, emotions, or behavior in a surreptitious or strategic way.
Informal; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The psyop wing of Disney’s marketing department is now so hair-raisingly effective that we can only wonder what will become of little girls imprinted so deeply with such cultish brand devotion."
- "Cynics saw an opportunist pandering to the gullible masses. Conspiracy theorists, of course, saw a CIA psyop."
- "If the Swift/Kelce pairing is a government psyop, as conservatives want to believe, the CIA sure knows how to stage damn good football."
- ""I didn't mean anything. I just wondered about them psyopping her father - if it still bothered her so much.""
- "Undeterred by the presence of his most senior military sponsors, this spokesperson for the liberal arts psyopped the eager students of psyops itself;"
- "The CIA has been fomenting a civil war between St Kitts and Nevis for years. The Nevis successionists have all been bought and psyopped."
Etymology
Back-formation from psyops.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law, Military.