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单词 utopiate
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utopiaten.

Brit. /juːˈtəʊpɪət/, /jᵿˈtəʊpɪət/, U.S. /juˈtoʊpiət/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: utopia n., opiate n.
Etymology: Blend of utopia n. and opiate n.
A hallucinogen which induces fantasies or visions of a perfect existence; a drug whose effects are viewed as an escape from or improvement upon reality.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > hallucinogenic drug
delirifacient1842
deliriant1858
delirant1872
mind-expander1875
mind-changer1931
phantastica1931
hallucinogen1954
hallucinant1964
utopiate1964
mind-bender1967
1964 R. Blum Utopiates: Use & Users of LSD 25. xiv. 292 The movement promises much—a return to paradise, a Utopia of the inner life—and so LSD-25 becomes, if one may be allowed a neologism, a ‘Utopiate’.
1983 Guardian 11 Aug. 18/3 The typical recruit for drug addiction is the young, weak, inadequate person for whom the drug is a ‘utopiate’, an escape from the problems of reality.
2004 V. P. Singh Concepts & Methods Special Educ. xii. 287 Their interest in psychedelics and utopiates..seems to have been borrowed from the hippie subculture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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