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词汇 psychobabble
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Definition of psychobabble in English:

psychobabble

noun 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:

psychobabble

nounˈsīkōˌbabəlˈsaɪkoʊˌbæbəl
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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