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

Indeed, the greatness of Fendrix’s score comes largely in its scale, which gives the film’s mostly intimate story of three people engaged in psychological warfare within the confines of a basement an epic grandeur. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025

Another outlet joins the filth of psychological warfare against the Venezuelan people. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025

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

Rhymes for psychological warfare

• abwehr
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