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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•che•del•ic /ˌsaɪkɪˈdɛlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Psychiatryof or noting a mental state of intensified sensory perception.
- Drugsof or pertaining to any of various drugs that produce this state.
- resembling or characteristic of images, sounds, or the like, experienced while in such a state: psychedelic painting.
n. [countable] - Drugsa psychedelic drug.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•che•del•ic (sī′ki del′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Psychologyof or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- Drugsof, pertaining to, or noting any of various drugs producing this state, as LSD, mescaline, or psilocybin.
- resembling, characteristic of, or reproducing images, sounds, or the like, experienced while in such a state:psychedelic painting.
n. - Drugsa psychedelic drug.
- Drugsa person who uses such a substance.
Also, psychodelic. - psyche + Greek dêl(os) visible, manifest, evident + -ic 1956
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: psychedelic, psychodelic /ˌsaɪkɪˈdɛlɪk/ adj - relating to or denoting new or altered perceptions or sensory experiences, as through the use of hallucinogenic drugs
- denoting any of the drugs, esp LSD, that produce these effects
- informal (of painting, fabric design, etc) having the vivid colours and complex patterns popularly associated with the visual effects of psychedelic states
Etymology: 20th Century: from psyche + Greek delos visibleˌpsycheˈdelically, ˌpsychoˈdelically adv |