Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psyops

/ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: psy-ops
IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens.

noun

plural of psyop

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of psyop

Example Sentences

"‘Russia Today’, he said, his finger marking each syllable with a thud on the table in front of us, ‘is psy-ops’—short for psychological operations. […] ‘It is run directly from the Kremlin. It's following Kremlin's narratives. It's a psy-ops operation. And it's black psy-ops.’"

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law, Military.

Inflected Forms

psyop (singular) psy-ops (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce psyops?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/.
What does psyops mean?: Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens.
Where does psyops come from?: Syllabic abbreviation of psychological operations.

How to pronounce psyops

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