"psyop" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009 January 15, Cintra Wilson, “All’s Fair in Beauty and War”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The psyop wing of Disney’s marketing department is now so hair-raisingly effective that we can only wonder what will become of little girls imprinted so deeply with such cultish brand devotion.",
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          "ref": "2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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