| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| psychedelic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | psy·che·del·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s  k -d l k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, characterized by, or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis. | | NOUN: | A drug, such as LSD or mescaline, that produces such effects. | | ETYMOLOGY: | psyche1 + Greek d loun, to make visible (from dlos, clear, visible; see dyeu- in Appendix I) + –ic. | | OTHER FORMS: | psyche·deli·cal·ly —ADVERB
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