HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Back to search

econobabble

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Excessively obscure economic jargon.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“Once you cut⟳ through all the econobabble, it says we're headed for a recession.”
“Politicians now use⟳ econobabble as a tool of mass confusion, aimed at scaring the public into doing things they don't want⟳ to do while narrowing our policy choices.”
“Today's orthodoxy (free market economy) is being spearheaded by the Bank and the Fund through the Structural Adjustment Programme that has a rather suggestive acronym of SAP. The phrase, now part of the current econobabble […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See econobabble used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free