PSYCHOBABBLE

Meaning of PSYCHOBABBLE in English

/ ˈsaɪkəʊbæbl; NAmE -koʊ-/ noun

[ U ] ( informal , disapproving ) the language that people use when they talk about feelings and emotional problems, that sounds very scientific, but really has little meaning

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PSYCHOBABBLE — noun Date: 1975 a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings, 2. psychological jargon, trite or simplistic language derived from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PSYCHOBABBLE — "ˌ noun Etymology: psych- + babble 1. : a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings a variety of psychobabble …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLE — — psychobabbler , n. /suy"koh bab'euhl/ , n. writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLE — noun Date: 1975 1. : a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings 2. a. : psychological jargon b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PSYCHOBABBLE — ■ noun informal, derogatory jargon used in popular psychology.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PSYCHOBABBLE — [psy.cho.bab.ble] n (1975): a predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings; also: psychological jargon -- psy.cho.bab.bler n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PSYCHOBABBLE — psychobabble BrE AmE ˈsaɪk əʊ ˌbæb ə l AmE \ -oʊ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLE — psy ‧ cho ‧ bab ‧ ble /ˈsaɪkəʊˌbæb ə l $ -koʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal language that sounds …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PSYCHOBABBLE — n. US colloq. derog. jargon used in popular psychology.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PSYCHOBABBLE — n. US colloq. derog. jargon used in popular psychology.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLE — n. US colloq. derog. jargon used in popular psychology.
Oxford English vocab
PSYCHOBABBLE — If you refer to language about people’s feelings or behaviour as psychobabble , you mean that it is very complicated …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLE — If you refer to language about people’s feelings or behaviour as ~, you mean that it is very complicated and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PSYCHOBABBLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And only rarely do they allow their managers to couch frank appraisals in canned legalese …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PSYCHOBABBLE — [noun] [U] [disapproving] [informal] - language using lots of words and expressions taken from psychology
Cambridge English vocab
PSYCHOBABBLE — Any and all conditions, methods, treatments delivered by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other pseudo-sciences. Example: 1. His continuous evaluation of me …
Slang English vocab
PSYCHOBABBLE — (Lifestyle and Leisure) see -babble
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
PSYCHOBABBLE — сущ.; разг. невнятный лепет
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PSYCHOBABBLE — _n. _собир. невнятный лепет
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PSYCHOBABBLE — сущ.; разг.невнятный лепет
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PSYCHOBABBLE — сущ. ; разг. невнятный лепет
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PSYCHOBABBLE — сущ.; разг. невнятный лепет
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PSYCHOBABBLE — _n. _собир. невнятный лепет
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PSYCHOBABBLE — n. собир. невнятный лепет
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PSYCHOBABBLE — сущ.; разг. невнятный лепет
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PSYCHOBABBLE — n. Pronunciation: ' s ī -k ō - ˌ ba-b ə l Function: noun Date: 1975 1 : a predominantly …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLER — noun see: psychobabble
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PSYCHOBABBLER — noun see psychobabble
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TECHNOBABBLE — /tek"noh bab'euhl/ , n. incomprehensible technical language or jargon. [ 1980-85; patterned on PSYCHOBABBLE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PSYCHOBABBLER — see psychobabble
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-BABBLE COMBINING FORM — The jargon or gobbledegook that is characteristic of the subject, group, etc. named in the first part of the word: …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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