psychomimeticadj.n.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊmᵻˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌsʌɪkəʊmʌɪˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊməˈmɛdɪk/ A. adj.
1. = psychotomimetic adj.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > psychosis > production of
psychotogenic1953
psychosomimetic1955
psychotomimetic1956
psychotropic1956
psychomimetic1957
1957 Science 19 Apr. 724/3 Many substances are now being resurrected that are psychomimetic but have no structural similarity.
1969 Listener 28 Aug. 295/2 Grand Hotel, The Age of Innocence, Dr. Finlay's Casebook..all inextricably jumbled together into a deliriously psychomimetic paradise.
1989 Jrnl. Pain & Symptom Managem. 22 834 Patients reported adverse psychomimetic effects, with the incidence rising with increasing dose [of ketamine].
2. Mimicking the behaviour of or the impact on others.
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1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xxxi. 308 Our children are striving to carry over to the printed page the all-involving sensory mandate of the TV image. With perfect psycho-mimetic skill, they carry out the commands of the TV image.
B. n.
= psychotomimetic n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine for mental conditions > [noun] > psychotropic or psychedelic drug
psychedelic1956
psychodysleptic1957
psychotogen1957
psychotomimetic1957
psychochemical1958
psychopharmaceutical1962
psychoactive1965
psychotropic1966
psychomimetic1967
mood drug1970
1967 WHO Chron. 21 464/2 Psychodysleptics, also called ‘hallucinogens’, ‘psychomimetics’, or ‘psychodelics’, are compounds that produce abnormal mental phenomena.
1974 S. Arieti Amer. Handbk. Psychiatry (ed. 2) I. 67/2 Exaggerated expectations about the uncritical use of ‘psychomimetics’ (mainly LSD 25) in the treatment of mental disorders..are unrealistic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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