psychedelic drug

Noun

Meaning

a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hallucinogen hallucinogenic drug psychodelic drug

Hypernyms

mind-altering drug consciousness-altering drug psychoactive drug psychoactive substance

Hyponyms

LSD PCP psilocybin mescaline peyote lysergic acid diethylamide

Examples

LSD is a psychedelic drug which occasionally causes psychotic behavior in people who have NOT taken it. Timothy Leary

Although other researchers have described instances of psychedelic drug usage leading to new psychological understandings and personal insights, it is not known whether these experimental results can be generalized to larger populations. Source: Internet

Some acacia trees contain DMT, a psychedelic drug associated with spiritual experiences. Source: Internet

But at the same time, it was becoming associated with social change; with the Women's Suffrage movement for the right to vote for women in the early decades of the century, with Feminism in the 1970s, and with the psychedelic drug culture of the 1960s. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

psychedelic circus psychedelic crisis psychedelic culture psychedelic folk psychedelic frogfish psychedelic genre