Definitions for war of nerves
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
war′ of nerves′(n.)
a campaign of propaganda, false rumors, or the like, in an attempt to confuse and demoralize the enemy without resorting to direct violence.
Category: Military
Origin of war of nerves:
1935–40
Princeton's WordNet
psychological warfare, war of nerves(noun)
the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale
Wiktionary
war of nerves(Noun)
Warfare or other physical conflict in which one or more combatting parties use especially demoralizing and frightening tactics to attempt to unnerve their opponents.
war of nerves(Noun)
A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.
Translations for war of nerves
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
war of nerves(noun)
a war, contest etc in which each side tries to win by making the other nervous, eg by bluff, rather than by actually fighting
That game of chess was a war of nerves.
- senustrydAfrikaans
- حَرْب أعْصابArabic
- игра на нервиBulgarian
- guerra de nervosPortuguese (BR)
- válka nervůCzech
- der NervenkriegGerman
- nervekrigDanish
- πόλεμος νεύρωνGreek
- guerra de nervios, guerra psicológicaSpanish
- närvide mängEstonian
- جنگ فكريFarsi
- hermosotaFinnish
- guerre des nerfsFrench
- מִלחֶמֶת עֲצַבִּיםHebrew
- मनोवैज्ञानिक युद्धHindi
- ratživacaCroatian
- idegháborúHungarian
- perang urat sarafIndonesian
- taugastríðIcelandic
- guerra dei nerviItalian
- 神経戦Japanese
- 신경전Korean
- nervø karasLithuanian
- nervu karšLatvian
- perlawananMalay
- zenuwenoorlogDutch
- nervekrigNorwegian
- wojna nerwówPolish
- guerra de nervosPortuguese
- război al nervilorRomanian
- война нервовRussian
- vojna nervovSlovak
- živčna vojnaSlovenian
- rat neravaSerbian
- nervkrigSwedish
- สงครามประสาทThai
- sinir harbiTurkish
- 神經戰Chinese (Trad.)
- психологічнаUkrainian
- نفسیاتی جنگUrdu
- chiến tranh tâm lýVietnamese
- 神经战Chinese (Simp.)
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