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psychonaut

psychonaut noun: a person who explores their own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs.

Noun

psychonaut (plural psychonauts)

  1. A person who explores their own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs.
    • It has also become an influential subculture in the Bay Area, where devotees commonly refer to themselves as effective altruists in the same way they might describe themselves as leftists or psychonauts.2022 November 17, Annie Lowrey, “Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct”, in The Atlantic

Forms of psychonaut

pluralpsychonauts

Origin of psychonaut

From psycho- + -naut.

Questions about psychonaut

What does psychonaut mean?
Psychonaut means a person who explores their own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs.
What part of speech is psychonaut?
Psychonaut is a noun.
What is the plural of psychonaut?
The plural of psychonaut is psychonauts.

Words near psychonaut in the dictionary

  1. psychomythical
  2. psychon
  3. psychonarration
  4. psychonarrations
  5. psychonarrative
  6. psychonaut
  7. psychonautics
  8. psychonauts
  9. psychonetic
  10. psychonetics
  11. psychoneuroendocrine

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