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psychedelic

[ sahy-ki-del-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair:

    LSD users seek the psychedelic properties of the drug, including heightened sensory experiences.

  2. of, relating to, or noting any of various drugs producing this state, such as LSD, mescaline, or psilocybin:

    Researchers have long been interested in the potential therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs for humans.

  3. characterized by images, sounds, or feelings resembling those experienced while in the altered state produced by psychedelic drugs: The psychedelic designs of music posters in the 60s were inspired by the Art Nouveau movement of the late 1800s.

    Their music had a dreamy psychedelic sound, with gentle guitars and hushed vocals.

    The psychedelic designs of music posters in the 60s were inspired by the Art Nouveau movement of the late 1800s.



noun

  1. a psychedelic drug:

    The clinic will start treating patients with ketamine, a psychedelic.

  2. Rare. a person who uses such a substance.

psychedelic

/ ËŒ²õ²¹Éª°ìɪˈ»åÉ›±ôɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. relating to or denoting new or altered perceptions or sensory experiences, as through the use of hallucinogenic drugs
  2. denoting any of the drugs, esp LSD, that produce these effects
  3. informal.
    (of painting, fabric design, etc) having the vivid colours and complex patterns popularly associated with the visual effects of psychedelic states
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

psychedelic

  1. A descriptive term for things that produce or are related to hallucinations , especially drugs such as LSD .
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Notes

Psychedelic art, most popular during the late 1960s and early 1970s, combines patterns, objects, light, and sound to simulate hallucinatory experiences.
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±è²õ²â³¦³ó±ðˈ»å±ð±ô¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²õ²â·³¦³ó±ð·»å±ð±ô·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è°ù±ð·±è²õ²â³¦³ó·±ð·»å±ð±ô·¾±³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychedelic1

First recorded in 1956; from psyche + Greek »åê±ô(´Ç²õ) “visible, manifest, evident†+ -ic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychedelic1

C20: from psyche + Greek delos visible
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Across three series of the BAFTA-winning Tribe, viewers have seen Parry taking the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, having his nose pierced with a thorn and taking part in numerous rituals.

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Sometimes I will lay down, for example, a sort of psychedelic guitar track, and then I’ll lay a second track down without listening first.

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Two brothers in Ventura County were arrested in a drug dealing scheme that officials say targeted local youths, landing at least one juvenile in the hospital after they had taken psychedelic mushrooms.

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It was Orlando who paid for the Iboga, the West African psychedelic De la Huerta credits with rewiring her brain, allowing her to live without a pill in her body.

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The daughter of Mexican pianists, bilingual indie darling Vanessa Zamora upped the ante by mastering the acoustic guitar, keyboard and drums to craft her own dreamy, psychedelic approach to pop music.

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