psychobabblenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsaɪ.kəʊˌbæb.əl/us/ˈsaɪ.koʊˌbæb.əl/informal disapprovinglanguage using a lot of words and expressions taken from psychology (= the study of the human mind)
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive psychology
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- screw sb up
- shock therapy
- shrink
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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