PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychological operation mean? 

• PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

psychological operation; psyop

Hypernyms ("psychological operation" is a kind of...):

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)