psychobabble
noun
psy·cho·bab·ble
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Definition of psychobabble
1
: a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings
2a
: psychological jargon
b
: trite or simplistic language derived from psychotherapy
repeating the usual psychobabble about self-discovery— Mark Coleman
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Other Words from psychobabble
psychobabble
intransitive verb
psychobabbler
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noun
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noun
Examples of psychobabble in a Sentence
a popular book filled with the usual psychobabble
Recent Examples on the Web
The fetishistic horse business is merely a weird aesthetic choice that's explained away with a bit of perfunctory psychobabble. — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Tech-smart thriller 'Bad Samaritan' mines modern-day paranoia for chills," 2 May 2018 Even taking the Super Bowl hangover psychobabble into account, this looks more like a mechanical problem than a mental one — for now. — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, "Super Bowl rematch with Patriots would be ideal time for Falcons to recapture 2016 mojo," 19 Oct. 2017 Such speculation makes psychobiography sound like little more than psychobabble. — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, "Bob Dylan," 2 June 2017 As Elgafink, Bruiser’s sympathetic shrink, Kellie Spill gooses psychiatry and parodies psychobabble. — Orange County Register, "‘Claudio Quest’ in Anaheim is a feel-good fairy tale for our fractured times," 9 Feb. 2017 So is the very way in which the teachers address one another, a psychobabble presumably born of workshops on treating students with sensitivity. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘Miles for Mary,’ a Sendup of the Interminable Meeting From Hell," 9 Oct. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'psychobabble.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for psychobabble
psychobabble
noun
English Language Learners Definition of psychobabble
informal + disapproving
: language that is used by people who talk about mental and emotional problems and that is seen as silly or meaningless : psychological jargon
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