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has gloss	(noun) using language loaded with psychological terminology psychobabble
has gloss	eng: :This article refers to the neologism. For the Frou Frou song, see Details (album) Psychobabble (a portmanteau of "psychology" or "psychoanalysis" and "babble") is a form of prose using jargon, buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give an impression of plausibility through mystification, misdirection, and obfuscation. The term implies that the speaker of psychobable lacks the experience and understanding necessary for proper use of a given psychological term. Frequent usage can associate a clinical word with less meaningful buzzword definitions. Some psychological buzzwords have come into widespread use in business management training, motivational seminars, self-help, folk psychology, and popular psychology. Laypersons may overuse such words in describing life problems as clinical maladies when such nomenclature is not valuable, meaningful or appropriate.
lexicalization	eng: Psycho-Babble
lexicalization	eng: psychobabble
subclass of	(noun) specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject jargon

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