psychological warfare

noun

: things that are done to make someone (such as an enemy or opponent) become less confident or to feel hopeless, afraid, etc.

The army used radio broadcasts into enemy territory as a form of psychological warfare.

Examples of psychological warfare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Around March of that year, the British psychological warfare unit reproduced Efka packets, replacing the cigarette papers with ten thin papers printed with suggestions for how to avoid work, feign illness, or simply malinger. —Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025

Before the rivals got underway, the Red Sox engaged in a little psychological warfare. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

Information operations and psychological warfare are a key component of modern war — and arguably nowhere is this truer than in the Israel-Islamist conflict. —Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

Israeli officials have described the videos as psychological warfare. —Reuters, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for psychological warfare

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare