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PSYCHEDELIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
Example:
a psychedelic experience
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Similar:
agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
Example:
a psychedelic painting
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colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
Example:
psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline
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Adjectives
Similar:
psychoactive; psychotropic (affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes)
Derivation:
psychedelia (the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs)
