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psychobabble

[sahy-koh-bab-uhl] / ˈsaɪ koʊˌbæb əl /
NOUN
rhetoric using psychological terms
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It may sound like esoteric psychobabble, or an overemphasis on something that should be inherent in players.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2019

In the end, no such censorship was required; the American contestants were uniformly chaste and polite, their speech sanitized psychobabble cultivated to convey self-awareness, depth, and respect for women.

From The New Yorker Aug. 10, 2019

Biological theories of and treatments for the brain, notably drugs like Thorazine, lithium, Valium and Prozac, displaced Freudian psychobabble and transformed psychiatry into a truly scientific discipline.

From Scientific American Aug. 3, 2019

Norm and Corky, a couple for 19 years, have spent almost as long working on their relationship, with the help of magazines, books and a lot of psychobabble.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2017

We both expected Ms. Antilly to spew a bunch of psychobabble at us.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher



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