Psychological Operation (Noun)
Meaning
Military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Military commanders launched a psychological operation to demoralize the enemy's troops and weaken their will to fight.
- The government's psychological operation involved manipulating public opinion through propaganda and disinformation campaigns to justify its military intervention.
- The army's psychological operation unit used loudspeakers to broadcast discouraging messages to the enemy's soldiers and persuade them to surrender.
- During World War II, the Allies conducted a massive psychological operation to undermine German morale and erode their confidence in the war effort.
- The CIA's psychological operation aimed to destabilize the regime by sowing discord among its leaders and fueling opposition movements.