psyop
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from psyops.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]psyop (plural psyops)
- An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.
- 2009 January 15, Cintra Wilson, “All’s Fair in Beauty and War”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- A psychological operative; a person who participates in psychological operations.