Etymology

healy-feely

Today it means: Relating to, or believing in, New Age pseudoscience. Full definition →

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The story

From heal + -y (from how New Age pseudoscience often promotes a "healing" narrative to sell products) + feely (from the importance of feelings and emotions in such practices).

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