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US
/ˌsaɪkəˈdɛɫɪk/
]
[ UK /sˌaɪkɪdˈɛlɪk/ ]
[ UK /sˌaɪkɪdˈɛlɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
a psychedelic painting -
(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
a psychedelic experience -
producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline
How To Use psychedelic In A Sentence
- Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
- In spring 2002 the company resurrected Robert Joffrey's innovative multimedia ballet, Astarte, a psychedelic work that had raised a storm at its premiere.
- At this point, however, the quartet was wandering in a perfumed garden of psychedelic modishness, and all the better for it.
- `As I said... Jayson's very good... "Words melted into words like some psychedelic mirage in his mind. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
- It will come as no surprise to their fans that the film is a phantasmagoria of sickly colours, psychedelic flourishes and jarring optical tics, all reflecting the state of mind of a character way out on the edge.
- Our intuition tells us that using drugs use such as heroin, cocaine, psychedelics, hashish, and even marijuana and alcohol can have serious effects on our personal life and may have broader detrimental impacts on society at large.
- SHIFT (6) Afrophile adj. decorative aposelene projectual diplotene, aposelenium psychedelicize, adj. biotron v. dirty quadriphony quadriphonics dustoff reticulosis punch-up technopolis quantized, skim INITIAL AFFIXATIONS (20) adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
- Psychedelic popsters Grandaddy have had their share of aches and pains over the years.
- In South America the sacred use of the psychedelic ayahuasca has moved from the native populations of the Amazon Basin into the urban centers where it is the central sacrament in their religious praxis.
- Not necessarily a ground-breaking assertion, but I'll bet there's more than a few folks out there who could use a walloping masterpiece of ethereal but hard-driving psychedelic garage rock.