Information Warfare

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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Information Warfare is the competition between offensive and defensive players over information resources.

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Information Warfares
possessive: Information Warfare's
pluralpossessive: Information Warfares'

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