psyop
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈsaɪˌɑp/
- Jargon
:
campaña de desinformación
- Many believe the viral video was part of a larger psyop designed to spread misinformation about the crisis.
Maybe this is part of some deep state psyop to get me cancelled by Texans.
- Maybe this is part of some deep state psyop to get me cancelled by Texans.
- You know, it's like a a mass psyop.
- There could be data breaches and malware distribution, you know, bullying and psyops and other attacks on people.
- One of the, it's like industry plant, paid opposition, controlled psyop.
- And I would include in those agendas the, you know what I call the feminist psyop?
- They do have a controlled disclosure where they come out and you know, people could use the word psyop here and it's fair, but that might be a little strong for what I'm saying.
- It's super easy to start a whole king cartel that is a psyop, right?
- Well, they think that it's some sort of psyop, honey pot situation, psyop situation.
- I guarantee you that my friend, no, they just participated in the entire PSYOP, were agents of the matrix and they feel no shame.
Examples
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It's a useful and powerful thing; if done correctly, a video can achieve a lot (like we saw on the Kony 2012 psyop).
Blog text (17) -
As you must know, the trend has been nothing less than a psyop to scare the public about drugs.
Blog text (16) -
Maybe this is part of some deep state psyop to get me cancelled by Texans.
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It's everywhere, and I firmly believe the Hollywood psyop kicked into turbo during the late 1980s.
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The online campaign was seen as a modern psyop, using fake accounts to sway public opinions on the election.
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Experts warn that the increasing use of social media for psyop tactics can manipulate people's views without them realizing it.
Synonyms
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7.4
Organized effort to spread secret bad rumors to make people think badly of someone
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7.5
A secret effort to spread bad rumors about someone to make people think less of them
A planned online effort to spread ideas or false information to change people's opinions
A practice of spreading biased information to make people accept certain ideas
How Influential
- Jargon
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9.9
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- Jargon
- Jargon
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- Texting
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
psyop = P + S + Y + O + P
Psyop is an initialism (psychological operation) rather than a productive morphological formation, so learners cannot derive its meaning from the letter components alone.
Etymology
The word psyop originally shortens psychological operation, with psychological meaning 'mind' and operation meaning 'a planned action'. Today a psyop often means a coordinated online campaign to shape what people think or do using social media, fake accounts, or bots.