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political warfare

political warfare noun: intentional use by a state of noncombat methods, such as diplomacy, misinformation, propaganda and economics, to affect the decision making of foreign governments.

Noun

political warfare (uncountable)

  1. Intentional use by a state of noncombat methods, such as diplomacy, misinformation, propaganda and economics, to affect the decision making of foreign governments.

Questions about political warfare

What does political warfare mean?
Political warfare means intentional use by a state of noncombat methods, such as diplomacy, misinformation, propaganda and economics, to affect the decision making of foreign governments.
What part of speech is political warfare?
Political warfare is a noun.

Words near political warfare in the dictionary

  1. political systems
  2. political unit
  3. political units
  4. political vacuum
  5. political vacuums
  6. political warfare
  7. political-economic
  8. politicalese
  9. politicalise
  10. politicalised
  11. politicalises

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