Psychedelic

Definition of Psychedelic (Greek psukhē mind + delos visible)

"...the term is used solely to describe things that seem inspired by or seem to replicate the experience of mind-altering drugs. The term is most often applied to art that utilizes bright colours and bizarre patterns or music that uses strange, non-standard timing signatures, keys, chords, and the like. The term is somewhat synonymous with trippy."  -UrbanDictionary.com

"having vivid colours and complex patterns similar to those experienced during hallucinations"  -TheFreeDictionary.com

"imitating, suggestive of, or reproducing effects (as distorted or bizarre images or sounds) resembling those produced by psychedelic drugs"  Merriam-Webster.com

"having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states" WordReference.com

"Of, characterized by, or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis." Answers.com

"designating any of various fluorescent colors popularized during the 1960s" YourDictionary.com

Synonyms of Psychedelic

"consciousness-expanding, crazy, experimental, freaky, hallucinatory, hallucinogenic, kaleidoscopic, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-changing, mind-expanding, multicolored, psychoactive, psychotomimetic, psychotropic, trip" - Thesaurus.com


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Written on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 06:11 by Robert

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