cod psychology
English
Etymology
From cod, meaning a foolish person.
Noun
cod psychology (uncountable)
- Beliefs about psychology that have no basis in fact; psychological prejudices.
- 2010, Sarah Moss, Cold Earth, →ISBN:
- Piss off with the cod psychology, says Nina, it's not my worst fears that built the cairn.
- 2012, Neil Carter, Medicine, Sport and the Body: A Historical Perspective, →ISBN, page 95:
- While there was an awareness of the 'mental side' of sport, the psychological methods used in British sport were mainly non-scientific and could be described as cod psychology.
- 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires, →ISBN:
- One must beware of cod psychology.
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