Meaning & use
Psychobabble
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Jargon derived from psychology or psychotherapy that is used pretentiously or without real meaning.
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His self-help book was dismissed by critics as little more than psychobabble.
She rolled her eyes at his psychobabble about "manifesting positive energy."
A note on using this word
The term was popularized by R.D. Rosen's 1975 book "Psychobabble," which criticized the overuse of pop-psychology language.
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