adjective · rare

psychedelic

psychedelic · more psychedelic · most psychedelic

психоделічний

психоделический, психоделичный

psychedelisch, bewusstseinserweiternd

Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness,…Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness, distortions of perception, hallucinations, etc.

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/ˈsaɪ.kəˌdɛl.ɪk/

» Tom sells psychedelic mushrooms.

Том продає психоделічні гриби. — deniko

shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness, distortions of perception, hallucinations, etc.
psychedelisch, bewusstseinserweiternd
психодели́чныйpsixodelíčnyj, психодели́ческийpsixodelíčeskij
психоделі́чнийpsyxodelíčnyj
Of graphics, etc.: having abstract shapes, bright colours, etc., reminiscent of drug-induced distortions of perception or hallucinations.
Awesome, cool, groovy.

More definitions

(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis

Examples

19 sentences

Tom sells psychedelic mushrooms.
Том продає психоделічні гриби. — deniko
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Sami was never addicted to psychedelics.
OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
It was a very psychedelic experience.
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I'm a big fan of psychedelic rock.
menaud · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
It's a psychedelic reverie of patterns and colors.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.:

Русский

By meaning 1

of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + Engl

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + English -ic (prefix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in a 1956 letter to Aldous Huxley.

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