noun
- Plural of psychobabble; pretentious or superficial psychological jargon or talk, often used to sound authoritative but lacking real substance or scientific basis.
Usage: informal; often pejorative
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of psychobabble; to speak or write using pretentious psychological language that lacks real meaning or scientific validity.
Usage: informal; often pejorative
Examples
- The self-help book was full of psychobabbles that sounded impressive but offered no practical advice.
- He psychobabbles about emotional intelligence whenever he wants to impress people at parties.
- Critics dismissed the article as mere psychobabbles with no scientific backing.
- She psychobabbles constantly, using therapy terms without understanding what they actually mean.
- The motivational speaker psychobabbles for hours without saying anything substantive.
- Their conversation devolved into psychobabbles about chakras and energy fields.
- The therapist's notes were filled with psychobabbles rather than genuine clinical observations.