Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychspeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-ch-s-peak
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The jargon used by psychologists or psychiatrists.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The languages of all health care professions - medspeak, nursespeak, psychspeak, and so on - are extremely useful, but they are only intelligible to the initiated."

Etymology

From psych- + -speak.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: psych
Suffix: speak

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does psychspeak mean?: The jargon used by psychologists or psychiatrists.
Where does psychspeak come from?: From psych- + -speak.

How to pronounce psychspeak

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