psychobabble

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noun

Language laden with jargon from psychotherapy or psychiatry, used without concern for accuracy.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œUnable to resist knee-jerk references to Freud and Jung, Ms. Zimmerman has her actors spout some psychobabble about myths as public dreams, dreams as private myths, and the like.” Amy Gamerman; A Timely Gift of Timeless Ovid; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Oct 10, 2001.
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