Psychedelic is an English word with synonyms like psychoactive or psychotropic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Psychedelic in a sentence
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Psychedelic meaning
- Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.
- Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.
- Awesome, cool, groovy.
Synonyms of Psychedelic
Using Psychedelic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc. | Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception. | Awesome, cool, groovy.
- Useful related words include: psychoactive, psychotropic, colorful, colourful.
- In the example corpus, psychedelic often appears in combinations such as: the psychedelic, of psychedelic, psychedelic drugs.
Context around Psychedelic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Psychedelic
- In this selection, "psychedelic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, distinctive, using, hopkins, drugs, rock and sounds stand out and add context to how "psychedelic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a distinctive psychedelic pop sound and album the psychedelic sounds of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "psychedelic" sits close to words such as accents, amplitude and bidaskclub, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with psychedelic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And at the same time, or a little later, I discovered psychedelic drugs. (13 words)
Enter Rick Doblin, the activist founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. (13 words)
Psychedelic Sounds was the first album to use "psychedelic" as part of its title. (14 words)
Another bold new track on “Strays,” the more psychedelic epic “Light Me Up” — featuring Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell — is a fiery exposition on a topic that Price thinks is far too taboo for women country singers: S-E-X. (42 words)
The first group to advertise themselves as psychedelic rock were the 13th Floor Elevators from Texas, at the end of 1965; producing an album that made their direction clear, with The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators the following year. (41 words)
Previously, Johns Hopkins psychedelic research group became the first to achieve “regulatory approval in the U.S. to re-initiate research with psychedelics in healthy volunteers who had never used a psychedelic,” according to a university press release. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
He had given Pink Floyd a distinctive psychedelic pop sound that was both catchy and avant-garde, but the other band members evicted him in 1968, worried about the effects of psychedelic drugs on him.
You know, just talking to a therapist using those insights awarenesses, helping people tap into non-ordinary states of consciousness, without necessarily using psychedelic drugs or psychedelic compounds.
The general agreement amongst the psychedelic community is to avoid consuming caffeine or alcohol prior to a psychedelic trip as they can prevent one’s body from absorbing minerals and vitamins.
Previously, Johns Hopkins psychedelic research group became the first to achieve “regulatory approval in the U.S. to re-initiate research with psychedelics in healthy volunteers who had never used a psychedelic,” according to a university press release.
The psychedelic rock legend formed the influential 13th Floor Elevators in 1965 after dropping out of high school and the band released its debut album, "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators", the following year.
Once portrayed as illegal ways to "drop out" or "tune in," psychedelic and semi-psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and ecstasy are finally starting to turn into federally-regulated medicines.
Appearing in an episode of Horizon titled Psychedelic Science originally broadcast 5 April 1998, Bob Wallace said the idea for shareware came to him "to some extent as a result of my psychedelic experience ".
Psychedelic Sounds was the first album to use "psychedelic" as part of its title.
The cover of Oasis ' album, Dig Out Your Soul (2008), has a psychedelic album cover, with a slightly muted color scheme. citation In the modern era, computer graphics may be used to produce psychedelic effects for artwork.
The first group to advertise themselves as psychedelic rock were the 13th Floor Elevators from Texas, at the end of 1965; producing an album that made their direction clear, with The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators the following year.
A complete mystical experience has been shown to correlate with psychedelic treatment responses in clinical trials of patients with depression, anxiety and substance use disorder.
And at the same time, or a little later, I discovered psychedelic drugs.
Another bold new track on “Strays,” the more psychedelic epic “Light Me Up” — featuring Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell — is a fiery exposition on a topic that Price thinks is far too taboo for women country singers: S-E-X.
At Can Can's swanky new soirée, sparkly performers will "escape into nocturnal revelry" with a song-and-dance performance set to a psychedelic soundscape.
Ayala’s newest release, “,” is an 11-minute compilation of five songs that express pain, isolation, hope and psychedelic rediscovery.
By the closing “Zionsville” (another choice track from their 2015 debut), they have touched on genres from surf to soul, funk, reggae, world music, disco, psychedelic rock, Spaghetti Western and their peculiar indie take on easy listening.
Clever collages, almost psychedelic in nature, ask the viewers to interact with spirituality and consciousness.
Enter Rick Doblin, the activist founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
He last performed in the city in September 2022 at the Fire Station, as he donned his raconteur hat and charmed the crowd with tales of his colourful, nay psychedelic, life.
His research is focused on understanding brain plasticity and how psychedelic compounds engage these processes to exert their antidepressant actions.
Common combinations with psychedelic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the psychedelic 26×
- of psychedelic 16×
- psychedelic drugs 15×
- psychedelic rock 13×
- and psychedelic 12×
- to psychedelic 10×
- for psychedelic 7×
- psychedelic substances 6×
- psychedelic mushrooms 6×
- psychedelic drug 6×