psychobabble

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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

Or is all of this psychobabble to promote the show?

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

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

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016

“Enough with the psychobabble, MC Dr. Phil. Let’s talk counterinsurgency.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green