psychological warfare

Meaning: ; (idiomatic)A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use oftechniquestodemoralizeorintimidatesomeone into surrender.Synonym:war of nervesHypernym:psyops(broadlysynonymous)1989June 21 [1989 June 19], “Premier Li Huan Visits Kinmen Island 18 Jun”, inDaily Report: China‎[1], numbers81-118,Foreign Broadcast Information Service,→ISSN,→OCLC,page81, column 2:Li also inspected apsychological warfareunit at Huchingtou, Liehyu, where he saw off a balloon carrying materials showing the free bastion of Taiwan's warm support for the pro-democracy movement on the China mainland.1996March 15, Michael Evans, “China offensive cannot be ruled out, experts say”, inThe Times‎[2], number65,528,→ISSN,→OCLC, Overseas News,page14, column 3:The intelligence services believe it is more likely the Chinese would usepsychological warfareto give the impression they were about to seize one of the islands, rather than carry it out. However, if there was pressure within the Chinese military to achieve at least a token military success against Taiwan, this option could not be dismissed.; ; (by extension)Mind games.Synonyms:war of nerves,psyops1976December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, inGay Community News, volume 4, number24, page14:Bill Tilden invented tennis as we now know it. He changed it from the gentlemanly pastime of the 1920s into a professional sport involving stars, strategies and large amounts of money, from a dull and predictable game into a tactical enterprise involving strategy andpsychological warfare, net shots, scoops and lobs, all calculated to throw opponents off balance.

Examples:

EN: - You got to wage psychological warfare. - What?
ES: - Tienes que librar una guerra psicológica - ¿Qué?
EN: Imagine what weapon for psychological warfare.
ES: Imagina qué arma para la guerra psicológica.
EN: Some rabid fans of the other team... had tried to wage psychological warfare.
ES: Algunos aficionados entusiastas de otro equipo... habían tratado de hacer una guerra psicológica.
EN: And speaking of psychological warfare...
ES: Y, hablando de la guerra psicológica...
EN: They were in psychological warfare back in World War II.
ES: Estuvieron juntos en la guerra en el Departamento de Psicología.
EN: Harold Long, consultant with the psychological warfare department. Read this.
ES: Harold Long, asesor de guerra psicológica.
EN: - It's psychological warfare. - With that?
ES: - Esto es armamento psicológico.
EN: I'm very aware of your blatant psychological warfare.
ES: Estoy muy consciente de su descarada guerra psicológica.
EN: I think that'd be... our psychological warfare specialist... from General Harnitz.
ES: Será el especialista en guerra psicológica del general Harnitz.
EN: Eleazar's tactics then changed to a form of psychological warfare, attempting to use the heat and the surplus of water on Masada to demoralize the Roman troops.
ES: La táctica de Eleazar cambia al ataque psicológico, utilizando a su favor el calor y las reservas de agua en Masada para desmoralizar a las tropas romanas.
EN: To say there were tensions between Ulrike and Andreas and use Ulrike's death in your psychological warfare shows how stupid you are!
ES: Es una sandez alegar ahora tensiones, distanciamientos entre Ulrike y nosotros para llevar a cabo una guerra psicológica, aprovechando la ejecución de Ulrike.
EN: The only reason we are here after Ulkire's death is to explain the true structure of our group not the one invented by the witness as psychological warfare
ES: El motivo por el que estamos aquí tras la muerte de Ulrike es exponer la estructura del grupo y rebatir la guerra psicológica que presentó el testigo.
EN: - It's psychological warfare.
ES: - Es guerra psicológica.
EN: Look, the next step is fuII-scaIe psychological warfare, right?
ES: Mira, el siguiente paso es la guerra psicológica a gran escala, ¿verdad?
EN: And psychological warfare:
ES: y la guerra psicológica:

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