psywar

psy·war

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahy-wawr]
- /ˈsaɪˌwɔr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahy-wawr]
- /ˈsaɪˌwɔr/

Definitions of psywar word

noun psywar psychological warfare. 1
adjective psywar of, relating to, or characteristic of psychological warfare: to wage a psywar campaign against the enemy. 1
noun psywar psychological warfare 0

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Origin of psywar

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1950-55; by shortening

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Parts of speech for Psywar

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Psywar

psywar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

psywar usage trend in Literature

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