Home › Words › P › psyoppsyop/ˈsaɪ.ɒp/psyop means an instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.psyop is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.ɒp/.EtymologyBack-formation from psyops.nounAn instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.e.g.“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.” — 2009 January 15, Cintra Wilson, “All’s Fair in Beauty and War”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2013:An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.; Something viewed as inauthentic and pushing an agenda.e.g.“If the Swift/Kelce pairing is a government psyop, as conservatives want to believe, the CIA sure knows how to stage damn good football.” — 2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:A psychological operative; a person who participates in psychological operations.verbTo manipulate or influence someone's thoughts, emotions, or behavior in a surreptitious or strategic way.e.g.“"I didn't mean anything. I just wondered about them psyopping her father - if it still bothered her so much."” — 1984, Condé Nast Publications (publisher), Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 104:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.psyoppery 80% match — The use of psyops. vs psyop →psyops 77% match — Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens. vs psyop →cyberoperation 63% match — An operation (e.g. military or espionage) that is carried out in cyberspace. vs psyop →psychowarfare 61% match — psychological warfare vs psyop →spywork 52% match — The activities and duties relating to spies and spying. vs psyop →counteroperation 51% match — A military operation in response to another operation. vs psyop →spial 48% match — Espionage. vs psyop →spyal 48% match — A spy; one who spies. vs psyop →