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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

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

Lyndsey portrayed herself as an empiricist who disdained New Age theories and psychobabble.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016

I see what Alicia's saying, but I'm not going to get sucked into some stupid psychobabble session.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements



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