psychedelic
Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness, distortions of perception, hallucinations, etc.
Other meanings
Of graphics, etc.: having abstract shapes, bright colours, etc., reminiscent of drug-induced distortions of perception or hallucinations.
Awesome, cool, groovy.
Related words
- folkadelic
- psychedelic circus
- psychedelic crisis
- psychedelic folk
- psychedelic rock
- psychedelic soul
- psychedelic frogfish
- psychedelic mushroom
- antipsychedelic
- cyberdelic
- hypnodelic
- neopsychedelic
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ψυχή" (mind, soul).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “psychedelic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.