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Master Don Juan
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I was doing a translation of a psychological report and I came across an interesting term, which I looked up and found the following definition:
"Intellectualization is a transition to reason, where the person avoids uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts and logic. The situation is treated as an interesting problem that engages the person on a rational basis, whilst the emotional aspects are completely ignored as being irrelevant.
Jargon is often used as a device of intellectualization. By using complex terminology, the focus becomes on the words and finer definitions rather than the human effects."
What I thought was interesting is that some aspects of pickup are definitely engaging in this. And jargon is certainly used a lot.
"Intellectualization is a transition to reason, where the person avoids uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts and logic. The situation is treated as an interesting problem that engages the person on a rational basis, whilst the emotional aspects are completely ignored as being irrelevant.
Jargon is often used as a device of intellectualization. By using complex terminology, the focus becomes on the words and finer definitions rather than the human effects."
What I thought was interesting is that some aspects of pickup are definitely engaging in this. And jargon is certainly used a lot.