psychedelic — ☆ psychedelic [sī΄kə del′ik ] adj. [< PSYCHE + Gr dēloun, to make manifest] 1. of or causing extreme changes in the conscious mind, as hallucinations, delusions, intensification of awareness and sensory perception, etc. 2. of or associated… … English World dictionary
psychedelic — 1956, of drugs, suggested by H. Osmond in a letter to Aldous Huxley and used by Osmond in a scientific paper published the next year; from Gk. psykhe mind (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)) + deloun make visible, reveal, from delos visible, clear.… … Etymology dictionary
psychedelic — [adj] affecting the mind so as to produce vivid visions consciousnessexpanding, crazy*, experimental, freaky*, hallucinatory, hallucinogenic, kaleidoscopic, mind bending*, mind blowing*, mindchanging, mind expanding*, multicolored*, psychoactive … New thesaurus
psychedelic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of drugs) producing hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness. 2) (of rock music) characterized by musical experimentation and drug related lyrics. 3) having an intense, vivid colour or a swirling abstract pattern.… … English terms dictionary
Psychedelic — Modern psychedelia:: For psychedelics, see psychedelic drug. The word psychedelic is an English term coined from the Greek words for soul, ψυχή ( psyche ), and manifest, δήλος ( delos ). A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception … Wikipedia
psychedelic — [[t]sa͟ɪkəde̱lɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Psychedelic means relating to drugs such as LSD which have a strong effect on your mind, often making you see things that are not there. Grof describes his research with psychedelic drugs and the… … English dictionary
psychedelic — 1. Pertaining to a rather imprecise category of drugs with mainly central nervous system action, and with effects said to be the expansion or heightening of consciousness, e.g., LSD, hashish, mescaline. 2. A hallucinogenic substance, visual … Medical dictionary
psychedelic — Also referred to as psychedelic drug, psychedelic substance, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, hallucinogenic substance, magicum, pseudo hallucinogen, illusinogen, mysticomimetic, phanerothyme, psychotic, psychotomimetic, phantasticum, and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
psychedelic — psy|che|del|ic [ˌsaıkıˈdelık] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1900 2000; : Greek; Origin: psych ( PSYCH ) + deloun to show ] 1.) psychedelic drugs such as ↑LSD make you ↑hallucinate (=see things that do not exist) 2.) having or using bright… … Dictionary of contemporary English
psychedelic — psychedelically, adv. /suy ki del ik/, adj. 1. of 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… … Universalium
