| 单词 | psychological warfare |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspsychological warfare psychological warfare n. [after German psychologischer Krieg (1938 in the passage translated in quot. 1939); the more usual term is psychologische Kriegsführung (1958 or earlier)] the use (originally as a military strategy) of tactics intended to undermine the morale or allegiance of one's opponent or opponents, as opposed to physical force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > psychological warfare psychological war1918 psychological warfare1939 war of nerves1939 nerve war1941 psychological operations1951 psy-war1951 psy-op1965 1939 E. W. Dickes tr. H. Rauschning Revol. Nihilism iii. iv. 285 The cost of armaments is so murderous that it will compel the consideration at least of their potential use in psychological warfare [Ger. im psychologischen Kriege]. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Feb. 17 Miss Gillars..is accused..of betraying her country by aiding Hitler's psychological warfare program over a period of more than four years. 1957 G. E. Wright Biblical Archaeol. ix. 161/1 Tiglathpileser..says that he ‘overwhelmed’ Menahem (evidently not by actual fighting but by psychological warfare!). 1974 M. Babson Stalking Lamb xxi. 157 We have no objection at all to helping in what she calls her ‘psychological warfare’. 2002 Washington Post 15 Sept. (Home ed.) (Mag.) 19/2 He prepared for the psychological warfare of fooling a smart teacher. < as lemmas |
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