psychedelic 
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☆ psy·che·delic (sī′kə del′ik)
adjective
- of or causing extreme changes in the conscious mind, as hallucinations, delusions, intensification of awareness and sensory perception, etc.
- of or associated with psychedelic drugs; specif., simulating the auditory or visual effects of the psychedelic state
- designating any of various fluorescent colors popularized during the 1960s
Etymology: < psyche + Gr dēloun, to make manifest
noun
Related Forms:
- psychedelically psy′·chedel′i·cally adverb
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psychedelic
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Modifies a noun
- trance: As to be expected from a night of psychedelic trance, the decoration was stupendous.
Modifying Another Word
- truly: It's one of the most individual, truly psychedelic records you'll hear for a long time.
Used with adjective complement
- go: They've gone psychedelic - this owes more to Radiohead and Sgt Pepper's than to dance music.
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