sociobabble
nounEtymology From socio- + babble.
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The jargon used by sociologists.
- This urge to be "scientific" — demonstrating again the divine power of that word — is creating a whole new language paralleling English: sociobabble.1987, George Charles Roche, A world without heroes: the modern tragedy:
- Although he seemed less introspective than the rest and his run-on sociobabble was a bit more aimless, he conveyed the same aura of perpetual distraction.1991, Martin Oppenheimer, Radical Sociologists, page 54:
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- For those with a Pollyanna view of the world, gift-giving is (if you can take the sociobabble) the “feminized ideology of love”, motivated by emotions of “nurturant-dependence”.2005, Adrian Furnham, The People Business: Psychological Reflections on Management, page 33: