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Noun: psychological operation
  1. (military) military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
    "The army conducted a psychological operation to demoralize enemy forces through radio broadcasts";
    - psyop

Derived forms: psychological operations

Type of: military operation, op [informal], operation

Encyclopedia: Psychological operation