"psychological warfare" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (idiomatic) A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: war of nerves Translations (mentally manipulative approach to warfare): ջիղերու պատերազմ (ǰiġeru paterazm) (Armenian), guerra psicolóxica [feminine] (Asturian), gerra psikologiko (Basque), психологическа война (psihologičeska vojna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), guerra psicològica [feminine] (Catalan), 心理戰 /心理战 (xīnlǐzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), psychologická válka [feminine] (Czech), psykologisk krigsførelse [common-gender] (Danish), psychologische oorlogsvoering [feminine] (Dutch), psühholoogiline sõda (Estonian), psykologinen sodankäynti (Finnish), guerre psychologique [feminine] (French), guerra psicolóxica [feminine] (Galician), psychologische Kriegsführung [feminine] (German), ψυχολογικός πόλεμος (psychologikós pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), guerra psicologica [feminine] (Italian), 心理戦 (shinrisen) (alt: しんりせん) (Japanese), پسىيحولوگىييالىق سوعىس [Arabic] (Kazakh), психологиялық соғыс (psixologiälyq soğys) [Cyrillic] (Kazakh), psïxologïyalıq soğıs [Latin] (Kazakh), 심리전 (simnijeon) (alt: 心理戰) (Korean), psiholoģiskais karš [masculine] (Latvian), psichologinis karas [masculine] (Lithuanian), психолошка војна (psihološka vojna) [feminine] (Macedonian), psykologisk krigføring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), psykologisk krigføring [common-gender] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wojna psychologiczna [feminine] (Polish), guerra psicológica [feminine] (Portuguese), război psihologic [neuter] (Romanian), психологическая война (psixologičeskaja vojna) (Russian), психолошки рат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), psihološki rat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), psychologická vojna [feminine] (Slovak), psihološka vojna [feminine] (Slovene), guerra psicológica [feminine] (Spanish), psykologisk krigföring [common-gender] (Swedish), สงครามจิตวิทยา (sǒng-kraam-jìt-dtà-wít-tá-yaa) (Thai), psikolojik harp (Turkish), psikolojik savaş (Turkish), психологічна війна (psyxolohična vijna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chiến tranh tâm lý (Vietnamese), rhyfela seicolegol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-psychological_warfare-en-noun-en:literal_warfare_type Disambiguation of 'mentally manipulative approach to warfare': 88 12
  2. (by extension) Mind games. Tags: broadly, uncountable Synonyms: war of nerves, psyops
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wojna psychologiczna"
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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      "word": "guerra psicológica"
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      "word": "război psihologic"
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "word": "психологическая война"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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      "word": "психолошки рат"
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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      "word": "psychologická vojna"
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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      "word": "psykologisk krigföring"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǒng-kraam-jìt-dtà-wít-tá-yaa",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "word": "สงครามจิตวิทยา"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "word": "psikolojik harp"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "word": "psikolojik savaş"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "psyxolohična vijna",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "психологічна війна"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
      "word": "chiến tranh tâm lý"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mentally manipulative approach to warfare",
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