Phrase guide

information warfare

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: IW

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: war, warfare

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرْب مَعْلُومَات (ḥarb maʕlūmāt) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Armenian: տեղեկատվական պատերազմ (teġekatvakan paterazm) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Asturian: guerra de la información — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Azerbaijani: informasiya müharibəsi — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Belarusian: інфармацы́йная вайна́ (infarmacýjnaja vajná) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Bulgarian: информацио́нна война́ (informaciónna vojná) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信息戰 /信息战 (xìnxī zhàn) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 資訊戰 /资讯战 (zīxùnzhàn) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Czech: informační válka — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Dutch: informatieoorlog — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Estonian: infosõda — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Finnish: informaatiosodankäynti — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • French: guerre de l'information — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • French: infoguerre — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Galician: guerra de la información — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Georgian: საინფორმაციო ომი (sainpormacio omi) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Georgian: ინფორმაციული ომი (inpormaciuli omi) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • German: Informationskrieg — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Hebrew: לוחמת מידע — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Hindi: सूचना संग्राम (sūcnā saṅgrām) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Italian: guerra dell'informazione — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Japanese: 情報戦 (jōhōsen) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Kazakh: ақпараттық соғыс (aqparattyq soğys) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Korean: 정보전 (jeongbojeon) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Latvian: informācijas karš — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Lithuanian: informacinis karas — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Macedonian: информати́вна војна (informatívna vojna) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Mongolian: мэдээллийн дайн (medeelliin dajn) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Norwegian: informasjonskrigføring — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Persian: جنگ اطلاعاتی — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Polish: wojna informacyjna — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Portuguese: guerra da informação — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Romanian: război informațional — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Russian: информацио́нная война́ (informaciónnaja vojná) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: информациони рат — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: информацијски рат — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: informacioni rat — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: informacijski rat — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Slovak: informačná vojna — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Slovene: informacijska vojna — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Slovene: informacijsko bojevanje — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Spanish: guerra de la información — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Spanish: infoguerra — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Turkish: bilgi savaşı — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Ukrainian: інформаці́йна війна́ (informacíjna vijná) — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Uzbek: axborot urushi — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
  • Vietnamese: chiến tranh thông tin — use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent