psychobabblen.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪkəʊˌbabl/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪkoʊˌbæb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, babble n.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + babble n.

derogatory (originally U.S.).

Language including technical terms and concepts of psychology used pretentiously to discuss personality, relationships, and other everyday issues; psychological jargon regarded as meaningless or trite.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > tendency to psychological explanation > [noun] > psychological jargon

psychologese1951

psychobabble1975

1975 R. D. Rosen in Boston Phoenix 27 May 13 We are living, practically no one has to be reminded, in a therapeutic age. The sign in every storefront reads: ‘Psychobabble spoken here’.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 544/3 The book is written in colloquial American spliced with psychobabble, a language in which the highest commendation is to say of someone ‘She was a person.’

1996 India Today 30 June 171/2 Books like this come only once in a while: a nugget in the sea of crass psychobabble.

2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xlii. 171 Though part of me wanted to shout ‘psychobabble’ and ‘nonsense’, I could see that Elaine had a point.

Derivatives

ˈpsychobabbler n. a user of psychobabble.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > tendency to psychological explanation > [noun] > psychological jargon > user of

psychobabbler1975

1975 R. D. Rosen in New Times (N.Y.) 31 Oct. 45/3 The new Psychobabblers..don't even seem to know the terms—of Freud, Jung, Adler, or any body of psychological thought.

1978 Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 19/1 She mocked the manners and morals and especially the ‘mindless prattle’ of the psychobabblers among whom she lives [in California].

2000 Times 25 Apr. i. 20/3 The media wheel out the usual psychobabblers to drone on about post-traumatic stress.

ˈpsychobabbling adj. that uses psychobabble.

ΚΠ

1981 Los Angeles Times 19 Apr. (Book review section) 8/1 It leads off with a recitation of all our society's ills—as those ills are perceived by the jogging, psychobabbling, Perrier-swilling middle class.

1987 Amer. Q. 39 144 This passage does not imply a psychobabbling argument that madness is an essentially sane response to an insane world.

2001 Cult Times Feb. 13/3 David Boreanaz does well as a psychobabbling vampire determined to talk about issues.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychobabble
释义	psychobabblen. Brit. /ˈsʌɪkəʊˌbabl/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkoʊˌbæb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, babble n. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + babble n. derogatory (originally U.S.). Language including technical terms and concepts of psychology used pretentiously to discuss personality, relationships, and other everyday issues; psychological jargon regarded as meaningless or trite. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > tendency to psychological explanation > [noun] > psychological jargon psychologese1951 psychobabble1975 1975 R. D. Rosen in Boston Phoenix 27 May 13 We are living, practically no one has to be reminded, in a therapeutic age. The sign in every storefront reads: ‘Psychobabble spoken here’. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 544/3 The book is written in colloquial American spliced with psychobabble, a language in which the highest commendation is to say of someone ‘She was a person.’ 1996 India Today 30 June 171/2 Books like this come only once in a while: a nugget in the sea of crass psychobabble. 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xlii. 171 Though part of me wanted to shout ‘psychobabble’ and ‘nonsense’, I could see that Elaine had a point. Derivatives ˈpsychobabbler n. a user of psychobabble. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > tendency to psychological explanation > [noun] > psychological jargon > user of psychobabbler1975 1975 R. D. Rosen in New Times (N.Y.) 31 Oct. 45/3 The new Psychobabblers..don't even seem to know the terms—of Freud, Jung, Adler, or any body of psychological thought. 1978 Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 19/1 She mocked the manners and morals and especially the ‘mindless prattle’ of the psychobabblers among whom she lives [in California]. 2000 Times 25 Apr. i. 20/3 The media wheel out the usual psychobabblers to drone on about post-traumatic stress. ˈpsychobabbling adj. that uses psychobabble. ΚΠ 1981 Los Angeles Times 19 Apr. (Book review section) 8/1 It leads off with a recitation of all our society's ills—as those ills are perceived by the jogging, psychobabbling, Perrier-swilling middle class. 1987 Amer. Q. 39 144 This passage does not imply a psychobabbling argument that madness is an essentially sane response to an insane world. 2001 Cult Times Feb. 13/3 David Boreanaz does well as a psychobabbling vampire determined to talk about issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1975
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