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Definition of psychobabble in English: psychobabblenoun ˈsʌɪkəʊbab(ə)lˈsaɪkoʊˌbæbəl mass nounderogatory, informal Jargon used in popular psychology. 〈非正式，贬〉心理呓语 the writing is clear and unfussy, blessedly free of psychobabble Example sentencesExamples - The author aims to provide readers with a ‘profound psychological insight’ into the life of Bill Clinton but ends up spouting Freudian psychobabble.
- Furthermore, a good chunk of his theory is untestable metaphysics, psychobabble and gobbledygook.
- Is this self-indulgent psychobabble or legitimate therapy?
- Page after page of manic ramblings crowd these uneven stories to a claustrophobic pitch, threatening to lose even the most attentive of readers with their jargon-heavy, obfuscated psychobabble.
- Unfortunately, in this reviewer's estimation, it is a flawed one: an attempted blend of evolutionary theory as the basis for psychology and implausible Freudian psychobabble.
Synonyms specialized language, technical language, slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular
Definition of psychobabble in US English: psychobabblenounˈsīkōˌbabəlˈsaɪkoʊˌbæbəl derogatory, informal Jargon used in popular psychology. 〈非正式，贬〉心理呓语 the writing is clear and unfussy, blessedly free of psychobabble Example sentencesExamples - Is this self-indulgent psychobabble or legitimate therapy?
- Unfortunately, in this reviewer's estimation, it is a flawed one: an attempted blend of evolutionary theory as the basis for psychology and implausible Freudian psychobabble.
- Page after page of manic ramblings crowd these uneven stories to a claustrophobic pitch, threatening to lose even the most attentive of readers with their jargon-heavy, obfuscated psychobabble.
- The author aims to provide readers with a ‘profound psychological insight’ into the life of Bill Clinton but ends up spouting Freudian psychobabble.
- Furthermore, a good chunk of his theory is untestable metaphysics, psychobabble and gobbledygook.
Synonyms specialized language, technical language, slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular
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