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psychedelic

[sahy-ki-del-ik] / ˌsaɪ kɪˈdɛl ɪk /


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The attempt went relatively smoothly, she explains, apart from a "nightmarish" section when cleaning a kid's playground at four in the morning where the game's bright primary colours affected her in "a very psychedelic way".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Their signature sound, much like the East L.A. neighborhood they grew up in, is a melting pot of influences, combining old-school cumbias, ’90s grunge, and psychedelic rock into something completely unique to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

"Our findings are consistent with a growing scientific perspective suggesting that psychedelic effects and serotonergic activity may be dissociated," says Andrea Mattarei, a corresponding author of the study.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Part of the beauty and profundity of people’s psychedelic experiences is the ineffable—but the systems that run on Western science are hungry for hard data, replicable and reliable outcomes, and, perhaps most importantly, profit.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

But there were no psychedelic rainbows and groovy words painted on this bus.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia