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psychedelic

[sahy-ki-del-ik] / ˌsaɪ kɪˈdɛl ɪk /


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His sound expanded with 2014’s “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,” which incorporated psychedelic arrangements into songs that mused on philosophy and the nature of the universe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

East L.A.’s Tropa Magica led the crowd into another dimension with their psychedelic cumbias, periodicallyhowling at the moon during their rock jam session.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

“You paint in a psychedelic way. My teacher is going to love it,” I tell him, and I’m proud of myself for using that grown-up word.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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