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psychobabble

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++psy·cho·bab·ble /ˈsaɪkəʊˌbæbəl $ -koʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  informalSLMP language that sounds scientific but is not really, that some people use when talking about their emotional problems – used to show disapproval 心理学呓语〔含贬义,指某些人谈论感情问题时使用的语言,听起来像科学术语,其实不然〕
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psychobabbleAs instrumentally overblown as the worst art rock and as lyrically shallow as any psychobabble.And only rarely do they allow their managers to couch frank appraisals in canned legalese and innocuous psychobabble.
psy·cho·bab·ble nounChineseSyllable
that that really, but is scientific language sounds some not Corpus


psychobabble
psychobabble /ˈsaɪkəʊˌbæbəl $ -koʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
informal language that sounds scientific but is not really, that some people use when talking about their emotional problems – used in order to show disapproval


psy·cho·bab·bleBrE /ˈsaɪkəʊbæbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaɪkoʊbæbl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (informal, disapproving) the language that people use when they talk about feelings and emotional problems, that sounds very scientific, but really has little meaning 心理学呓语(谈论感情问题时使用的用词深奥但空洞的语言)