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psychological warfare

military information operations aimed at promoting behaviour to assist military objectives
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psychological warfare

Summary

psychological warfare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,120 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • psychological warfare is a type of warfare[2].
  • psychological warfare is a type of subversion[3].
  • psychological warfare is part of crowd psychology terminology[4].
  • psychological warfare's Commons category is recorded as Psychological warfare[5].
  • psychological warfare's target is recorded as government[6].
  • psychological warfare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Psychological warfare[7].
  • psychological warfare's facet of is recorded as war[8].
  • psychological warfare's partially coincident with is recorded as cognitive warfare[9].
  • psychological warfare's has characteristic is recorded as propaganda campaign[10].
  • psychological warfare's has goal is recorded as reaction[11].
  • psychological warfare's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include warfare[2] and subversion[3].

Use and Application

psychological warfare is part of crowd psychology terminology[4].

Why It Matters

psychological warfare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,120 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → crowd psychology terminology
    Has goal → reaction
    Facet of → war
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8873, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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