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Zersetzung

Zersetzung noun: a form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi.

Noun

Zersetzung (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi.

Origin of Zersetzung

German Zersetzung (literally “decomposition”)

Questions about Zersetzung

What does Zersetzung mean?
Zersetzung means a form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi.
What part of speech is Zersetzung?
Zersetzung is a noun.

Words near Zersetzung in the dictionary

  1. zerovalent
  2. Zerpanitum
  3. Zerr
  4. Zerrs
  5. Zers
  6. Zersetzung
  7. Zertuche
  8. Zertuches
  9. Zerubbabel
  10. Zeruiah
  11. zerumbet

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