Meaning

1 senses

  1. Affecting the mind or mental processes.

    LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

    psychoaktiv

    психоактивныйpsixoaktivnyj

    психоакти́внийpsyxoaktývnyj

    affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug.

    deKoffein ist die meistverwendete psychoaktive Droge. — raggione

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  2. Adrenochrome is not psychoactive and is easily synthesized.

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  3. Being a psychoactive agent, a hallucinogen can cause you to dissociate.

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  4. Adrenochrome is not psychoactive.

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Translations

7 languages
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pharmacology: affecting the mind or mental processes:
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pharmacology: affecting the mind or mental processes:
Deutsch
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pharmacology: affecting the mind or mental processes:

Origin

From psycho- + active.

From psycho- + active.

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Forms

more psychoactive, most psychoactive
Comparativemore psychoactive Lesson
Superlativemost psychoactive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
psychotropic
Close in meaning
  • affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes:psychotropic

Antonyms

1 antonyms
nonpsychoactive

Word family

4 related words
Relatedpsychoactivationpsychoactivity
Derivednonpsychoactivepsychoactively

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
psychicpsychoanalysispsychoanalystpsychologicalB1psychologicallyB2
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