Psychedelic
adjective
Connected to or caused by drugs that make you experience colors and sounds in a strange way, or describing this experience.
Many of the artworks of the 1960s have a psychedelic style.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic drugs
- psychedelic art
adjective
Having intense, vibrant colors or a swirling, abstract pattern, imitating the visual hallucinations that are characteristic of a psychedelic experience.
Her dress was a wild, psychedelic print.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic print
- psychedelic swirl
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Artistic
noun
A type of drug that causes the user to see and hear things that are not real.
LSD is an example of a psychedelic.
Often appears as...
- use psychedelics
- psychedelic therapy
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Medical
noun
A style of music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs.
The Beatles incorporated elements of the psychedelic in their later music.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic rock
- psychedelic pop
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Music
adjective
Connected to or caused by drugs that make you experience colors and sounds in a strange way, or describing this experience.
Many of the artworks of the 1960s have a psychedelic style.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic drugs
- psychedelic art
adjective
Having intense, vibrant colors or a swirling, abstract pattern, imitating the visual hallucinations that are characteristic of a psychedelic experience.
Her dress was a wild, psychedelic print.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic print
- psychedelic swirl
Usage tips
Artistic
noun
A type of drug that causes the user to see and hear things that are not real.
LSD is an example of a psychedelic.
Often appears as...
- use psychedelics
- psychedelic therapy
Usage tips
Medical
noun
A style of music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs.
The Beatles incorporated elements of the psychedelic in their later music.
Often appears as...
- psychedelic rock
- psychedelic pop
Usage tips
Music
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Reference
Used when discussing the effects drugs have on perception; often used metaphorically.
The light show was so vivid, it felt psychedelic.
Pro Tip 2/31960s Culture
Evokes the 1960s era of art and music, which often featured this style.
The band's psychedelic sound is reminiscent of the '60s.
Pro Tip 3/3Vivid Imagery
Describes artworks or visual designs with bright, swirling patterns.
His poster featured psychedelic colors that caught everyone's eye.
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Reference
Used when discussing the effects drugs have on perception; often used metaphorically.
The light show was so vivid, it felt psychedelic.
Pro Tip 2/31960s Culture
Evokes the 1960s era of art and music, which often featured this style.
The band's psychedelic sound is reminiscent of the '60s.
Pro Tip 3/3Vivid Imagery
Describes artworks or visual designs with bright, swirling patterns.
His poster featured psychedelic colors that caught everyone's eye.
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Reference
Used when discussing the effects drugs have on perception; often used metaphorically.
The light show was so vivid, it felt psychedelic.
Pro Tip 2/31960s Culture
Evokes the 1960s era of art and music, which often featured this style.
The band's psychedelic sound is reminiscent of the '60s.
Pro Tip 3/3Vivid Imagery
Describes artworks or visual designs with bright, swirling patterns.
His poster featured psychedelic colors that caught everyone's eye.
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Expanding your mind with...
an amazing book it talks about the mystical undertones of technology and our desires for total interconnection and total awareness and it looks at sort of the psychedelic influences behind technology you know the the psychedelic vision of total connectivity has been literalized by the internet you know
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The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
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Your brain hallucinates...
Here we've combined immersive virtual reality with image processing to simulate the effects of overly strong perceptual predictions on experience. In this panoramic video, we've transformed the world -- which is in this case Sussex campus -- into a psychedelic playground.
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Jason Silva on Time PIPE...
shamanic trances or do psychedelic substances or meditation talk about being able to experience different we have these brains that evolved in a world that was linear and local but now we live in a world that is global and exponential because our brains come from
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The myth of Jason and...
around the island of the bloodthirsty Amazons, and under psychedelic skies. These adventures cost the crew both in men and morale– and some feared they might be losing their minds. Upon reaching the clashing rocks, the exhausted crew quaked with fear.
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John Hodgman: A brief...
which was a kind of giant, floating fetus-creature that lived in a giant tank with this orange mist of psychedelic spice swirling around him, allowing him to bend space and time. He could never leave the tank or interact with the outside world.
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The Decline in Drug...
potential of psychedelics to treat addictions and depression and anxiety etc and of course there's a whole range of other disorders it drugs like cannabis could be potentially useful for so the reality is in most of the world
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Strange Sea Creatures:...
the order of angler fishes psychedelic a' has a gelatinous body covered with thick folds of skin that protected from sharp edged corals it has a knack for pushing its way into coral crevices for
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Medical Benefits of LSD?...
the Department of Medicine and my main focus of the investigation of the visual aspects of psychedelics was a privilege to be the other side to experience kind
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Inside the Tripper's...
three-dimensional pictures of a brain on drugs in the hallucinating mind psychedelics overstimulates serotonin receptors in the cortex and deep brain
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
an amazing book it talks about the mystical undertones of technology and our desires for total interconnection and total awareness and it looks at sort of the psychedelic influences behind technology you know the the psychedelic vision of total connectivity has been literalized by the internet you know
Video examples
The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
Here we've combined immersive virtual reality with image processing to simulate the effects of overly strong perceptual predictions on experience. In this panoramic video, we've transformed the world -- which is in this case Sussex campus -- into a psychedelic playground.
Video examples
Jason Silva on Time PIPE...
shamanic trances or do psychedelic substances or meditation talk about being able to experience different we have these brains that evolved in a world that was linear and local but now we live in a world that is global and exponential because our brains come from
Video examples
The myth of Jason and...
around the island of the bloodthirsty Amazons, and under psychedelic skies. These adventures cost the crew both in men and morale– and some feared they might be losing their minds. Upon reaching the clashing rocks, the exhausted crew quaked with fear.
Video examples
John Hodgman: A brief...
which was a kind of giant, floating fetus-creature that lived in a giant tank with this orange mist of psychedelic spice swirling around him, allowing him to bend space and time. He could never leave the tank or interact with the outside world.
Video examples
The Decline in Drug...
potential of psychedelics to treat addictions and depression and anxiety etc and of course there's a whole range of other disorders it drugs like cannabis could be potentially useful for so the reality is in most of the world
Video examples
Strange Sea Creatures:...
the order of angler fishes psychedelic a' has a gelatinous body covered with thick folds of skin that protected from sharp edged corals it has a knack for pushing its way into coral crevices for
Video examples
Medical Benefits of LSD?...
the Department of Medicine and my main focus of the investigation of the visual aspects of psychedelics was a privilege to be the other side to experience kind
Video examples
Inside the Tripper's...
three-dimensional pictures of a brain on drugs in the hallucinating mind psychedelics overstimulates serotonin receptors in the cortex and deep brain
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Quote examples
Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
Whilst I'm all for psychedelic science - I think it's fantastic - I don't think we necessarily have time to wait for the science to tell us these medicines are useful. The indigenous cultures have already shown us the ways.
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Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking.
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Ray Manzarek
American Musician
Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.
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Greg Rutherford
British Athlete
I'm a very keen baker; I pride myself on my cakes. I go along the classic sponge line, but I like to jazz it up: I've made some psychedelic birthday cakes.
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Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic.
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Diplo
American Musician
Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
I've always felt that all the music I've made is psychedelic, including Throbbing Gristle.
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Bryan Cranston
American Actor
It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.
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Action Bronson
American Musician
I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.
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Daisy Berkowitz
American Musician
We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
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Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
Whilst I'm all for psychedelic science - I think it's fantastic - I don't think we necessarily have time to wait for the science to tell us these medicines are useful. The indigenous cultures have already shown us the ways.
Quote examples
Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking.
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Ray Manzarek
American Musician
Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.
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Greg Rutherford
British Athlete
I'm a very keen baker; I pride myself on my cakes. I go along the classic sponge line, but I like to jazz it up: I've made some psychedelic birthday cakes.
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Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic.
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Diplo
American Musician
Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
I've always felt that all the music I've made is psychedelic, including Throbbing Gristle.
Quote examples
Bryan Cranston
American Actor
It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.
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Action Bronson
American Musician
I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.
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Daisy Berkowitz
American Musician
We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
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