psy-opsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• psy-ops

語源

Clipping of psychological operations.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ɒps/

名詞

psyops pl (normally plural, singular psyop)

1. Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behaviour of citizens.

   Hyponyms: psychological warfare, war of nerves (both broadly synonymous)

   • 2018, Carl Miller, quoting Mark Laity, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:

     ‘Russia Today’, he said, his finger marking each syllable with a thud on the table in front of us, ‘is psy-ops’—short for psychological operations. […] ‘It is run directly from the Kremlin. It's following Kremlin's narratives. It's a psy-ops operation. And it's black psy-ops.’

上位語

• brain-washing
• propaganda