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sociobabble en · NOUN

Etymology

From socio- + babble.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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:
    • 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:
    • 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: