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hallucinogenre

hallucinogenre noun: a genre that deals with, or attempts to mimic the effects of, hallucinogenic drugs.

Noun

hallucinogenre (plural hallucinogenres)

  1. A genre that deals with, or attempts to mimic the effects of, hallucinogenic drugs.
    • At the same time, we must also endeavor to understand why the generative impulse of the Rodney King story pivoted on the misappropriation of drugs — by the police. TV on drugs, policing drugs: the working out of a hallucinogenre […]1994, Discussions in Contemporary Culture, number 9, page 285
    • The subtitle 'Adventures in Sonic Fiction' pinpointed the idea of dub as hallucinogenre, dub as a set of studio techniques for generating phantoms and phantasmagoria.2009, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise

Forms of hallucinogenre

pluralhallucinogenres

Origin of hallucinogenre

Blend of hallucinogen + genre.

Questions about hallucinogenre

What does hallucinogenre mean?
Hallucinogenre means a genre that deals with, or attempts to mimic the effects of, hallucinogenic drugs.
What part of speech is hallucinogenre?
Hallucinogenre is a noun.
What is the plural of hallucinogenre?
The plural of hallucinogenre is hallucinogenres.

Words near hallucinogenre in the dictionary

  1. hallucinogenic
  2. hallucinogenically
  3. hallucinogenicity
  4. hallucinogenics
  5. hallucinogenlike
  6. hallucinogenre
  7. hallucinogenres
  8. hallucinogens
  9. hallucinoid
  10. hallucinoses
  11. hallucinosis

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