What is the meaning of psychedelic?

adjective

  • Producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis.
    • usage: "psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline"
  • Having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states.
    • usage: "a psychedelic painting"
  • Of a mental state. ( characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair)
    • usage: "a psychedelic experience"
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