The psychological patter of the 70s is as inescapable as Muzak and just as numbing: Are you relating? Going through heavy changes? In touch with yourself and doing your own thing? Are you up front, or just hung up and uptight? Boston Writer R.D. (for Richard Dean) Rosen calls it psychobabble, and in his new book by that title (Atheneum, $8.95) sees America awash in soggy therapeutic clichés.
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Psychobabble — is a customarily pejorative term to denote technical jargon that is used outside of its intended purpose in psychology. The term implies that the speaker lacks the experience and understanding necessary for proper use of a given psychological… … Wikipedia
psychobabble — [n] rhetoric using psychological terms argot, buzzword, jargon, patter, pop psych*, psychospeak, self help; concept 275 … New thesaurus
psychobabble — ☆ psychobabble [sī′kō bab΄əl ] n. Informal talk or writing that employs the language and concepts of psychology and psychiatry in a trite, superficial, or confusing way … English World dictionary
psychobabble — noun Date: 1975 1. a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one s feelings 2. a. psychological jargon b. trite or simplistic language derived from psychotherapy < repeating the usual psychobabble about self discovery Mark Coleman > •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
psychobabble — Any and all conditions, methods, treatments delivered by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other pseudo sciences. 1. His continuous evaluation of me was nothing but psychobabble. 2. ADHD or ADD is nothing but a bunch of psychobabble … Dictionary of american slang
psychobabble — Any and all conditions, methods, treatments delivered by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other pseudo sciences. 1. His continuous evaluation of me was nothing but psychobabble. 2. ADHD or ADD is nothing but a bunch of psychobabble … Dictionary of american slang
psychobabble — [[t]sa͟ɪkoʊbæb(ə)l[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to language about people s feelings or behaviour as psychobabble, you mean that it is very complicated and perhaps meaningless. Beneath the sentimental psychobabble, there s a likeable… … English dictionary
psychobabble — /ˈsaɪkoʊbæbəl/ (say suykohbabuhl) noun the jargon of psychology, especially that relating to psychotherapy groups. {US; psycho(logical) + babble; coined by US author Richard D Rosen, born 1949, in his book Psychobabble: Fast Talk and Quick Cure… …
psychobabble — n. US colloq. derog. jargon used in popular psychology. * * * psychobabble, er see psycho … Useful english dictionary
psychobabble — psychobabbler, n. /suy koh bab euhl/, n. writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance. [PSYCHO + BABBLE; popularized by a book of the same title (1977) by U.S. journalist Richard D. Rosen… … Universalium
