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pop psychology

pop psychology is the abbreviation of popular psychology.

Meaning of popular psychology

Noun

popular psychology (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) The lay theory or practice of psychology.

Questions about pop psychology

What is pop psychology the abbreviation of?
Pop psychology is the abbreviation of popular psychology.

Words near pop psychology in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pop psychology (page history and authors); popular psychology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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