mescalismn.
/ˈmɛskəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɛskəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.
The practice of taking mescal or mescaline; the state of intoxication resulting from this.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > taking other kinds of drug
mescalism1902
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > effects of specific drugs
morphinism1882
opiism1889
mescalism1936
mycomysticism1962
1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 789/1 Through mescalism one seems almost to ‘attain an objective knowledge of one's own personality’.
1931 Brit. Jrnl. Inebriety 28 99 (title) Some forms of drug addiction: mescalism.
1936 Mind 45 70 Like the starry and bejewelled scenes observed in mescalism, spots of light or their relatives seen in hypnagogic images have also a retro-retinal origin.
1962 Amer. Anthropologist 64 946 (title) The origins of Plains mescalism.
1962 Amer. Anthropologist 64 957 Campbell (1958) has demonstrated that the history of mescalism may extend back several thousand years in southwest Texas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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