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psychedelia

psychedelia noun: the subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.

Noun

psychedelia (countable and uncountable, plural psychedelias)

  1. The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
    • Recess’s website features the charms of vaporwave internet art and Lisa Frank-style nostalgia, while their Instagram account evokes the combined look of “Endless Summer” with “Floridian retiree” and the summer-camp psychedelia that has replaced “Lifestyle Lumberjack” as the default millennial style...2019 January 8, Kate Carraway, “How to Make a Millennial Feel Cozy in Just One Beverage”, in The New York Times

Forms of psychedelia

pluralpsychedelias

Origin of psychedelia

From psychedelic + -ia.

Words formed from psychedelia

Words that rhyme with psychedelia

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about psychedelia

What does psychedelia mean?
Psychedelia means the subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs.
What part of speech is psychedelia?
Psychedelia is a noun.
What is the plural of psychedelia?
The plural of psychedelia is psychedelias.

Words near psychedelia in the dictionary

  1. Psyche knots
  2. Psychean
  3. psyched
  4. psyched out
  5. psyched up
  6. psychedelia
  7. psychedelias
  8. psychedelic
  9. psychedelic circus
  10. psychedelic circuses
  11. psychedelic crises

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