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
We Americans simply adore this entire transactional/Return-on-Invement psychobabble even when it comes to the most intimate details of our lives: the love in a marriage/partnership.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2018
Lyndsey portrayed herself as an empiricist who disdained New Age theories and psychobabble.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2016
I see what Alicia's saying, but I'm not going to get sucked into some stupid psychobabble session.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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