psychobabble
Example Sentences
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The fitness guru’s sphere of influence has typically been centered on the body, with some wiggle room for related self-help psychobabble and musical appreciation.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021
It may sound like esoteric psychobabble, or an overemphasis on something that should be inherent in players.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2019
In the end, no such censorship was required; the American contestants were uniformly chaste and polite, their speech sanitized psychobabble cultivated to convey self-awareness, depth, and respect for women.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 10, 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
“Enough with the psychobabble, MC Dr. Phil. Let’s talk counterinsurgency.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing psychobabble
