Explore Psychedelia through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like subculture. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Psychedelia in a sentence
Psychedelia meaning
The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
Synonyms of Psychedelia
Using Psychedelia
- The main meaning on this page is: The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
- Useful related words include: subculture.
- In the example corpus, psychedelia often appears in combinations such as: and psychedelia, psychedelia and, psychedelia to.
Context around Psychedelia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Psychedelia
- In this selection, "psychedelia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1960s, shedding, jazz, swirled, following and alt stand out and add context to how "psychedelia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and 1960s psychedelia and and 70s psychedelia but its. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "psychedelia" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with psychedelia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What Pedro Bell had done was invert psychedelia through the ghetto. (11 words)
Instead, they revel in a new hyper-psychedelia with big beats. (11 words)
It's an odd blend of Bondian motifs, old-time Hollywood stars and then-trendy psychedelia. (16 words)
Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist may be still in his teens, but he's already explored a tonne of different sounds, from to disco to psychedelia, alt-pop to new wave, and his drive to try new things is as powerful as ever. (44 words)
Founded in 1980 by Steven and Jeff McDonald (vocals/guitars), Redd Kross grew out of the punk scene (sharing early shows with Black Flag) but moved to a more pop culture-influenced sound that references punk, garage rock and 1960s psychedelia. (41 words)
From now on, the free love, tie-dye, heroin-induced psychedelia to the backdrop of Ravi Shankar and Buffalo Springfield of San Francisco, will be forever linked to spray-painted murals, AK-47s and fu*k the police signs in Seattle. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Each track crackles to life like a film reel, throwing shapes of hip-hop, R&B, soft rock, and psychedelia into the ether.
On Sept. 28, Mt. Joy played a rousing set as continuous scenes of psychedelia swirled behind them, a sold-out crowd mirroring the movement throughout all three tiers of the venue.
Since he stepped into the spotlight in 2015, with the RnB spinner, ‘Show You Off’, alongside Walshy Fire of Major Lazer and Shizzi, Wurld unlocked a new sonic style within Afrobeats that thrived for its psychedelia and soothing groove.
Bogotá’s vibrant rock scene, Colombian guitarist and composer Eblis Alvarez’s brings a delirious mix of rock, cumbia, and psychedelia to the Freight’s dance floor.
Founded in 1980 by Steven and Jeff McDonald (vocals/guitars), Redd Kross grew out of the punk scene (sharing early shows with Black Flag) but moved to a more pop culture-influenced sound that references punk, garage rock and 1960s psychedelia.
In the late 1960s, rock bands began shedding psychedelia following peak experimentations by The Beach Boys (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band).
Newly signed to cult indie label Tip Top Recordings, 's newest, ‘Charlie’s Comet’, sees the hypnotic psych collective build on the sonic signature they dub ‘Flowerkraut’ - fusing krautrock, art-pop and psychedelia.
The band mixed music hall with trad jazz, psychedelia, and surreal comedy to create gems like I’m The Urban Spaceman (a Top 5 hit in 1968).
What Pedro Bell had done was invert psychedelia through the ghetto.
With Strawberry Fields, looked inwards in the lyrics and forwards in the music, blending psychedelia with psychodrama.
Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist may be still in his teens, but he's already explored a tonne of different sounds, from to disco to psychedelia, alt-pop to new wave, and his drive to try new things is as powerful as ever.
From now on, the free love, tie-dye, heroin-induced psychedelia to the backdrop of Ravi Shankar and Buffalo Springfield of San Francisco, will be forever linked to spray-painted murals, AK-47s and fu*k the police signs in Seattle.
If one were to pin a moment in the Beatles' career where things started to venture down the strange path to psychedelia, it might possibly be this film from 1965.
It's an odd blend of Bondian motifs, old-time Hollywood stars and then-trendy psychedelia.
The Denver band gravitates toward ’60s and ’70s psychedelia, but its music has been evolving since the bandmates came together in 2015.
A virtual unknown to rock fans just a year before – Hendrix used Are You Experienced? to assert himself as a guitar genius who could combine pop, blues, rock, R&B, funk and psychedelia in a way no other artist had before.
Instead, they revel in a new hyper-psychedelia with big beats.
One of rock's first "supergroups", they fused blues and psychedelia to dazzling effect on songs like Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Badge and I Feel Free.
He’s traversed wondrous, dark psychedelia and grand Roxy Music-esque rock since then, and on the recently released (his fourth full-length release), he’s shed the Youth Lagoon moniker altogether.
On their forthcoming album Watching It All Fall Apart, though, the band is taking something of a new direction, expanding its sonic palette to include elements of rock, psychedelia, and soul.
Common combinations with psychedelia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and psychedelia 8×
- psychedelia and 7×
- psychedelia to 3×
- to psychedelia 3×
- of psychedelia 2×