hallucinogenic
Americanadjective
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producing hallucinations.
a hallucinogenic drug.
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of, relating to, or constituting a hallucinogen or hallucinogens.
He took some strange tablets and has just woken from weird hallucinogenic dreams.
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resembling or recalling the state of consciousness induced by a hallucinogen.
The film contains a wild kaleidoscope of unequivocal camp and hallucinogenic color.
noun
adjective
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(of drugs, plants, substances, etc) inducing hallucinations
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having qualities suggestive of hallucination or hallucinogens
strange, hallucinogenic scenes
Etymology
Origin of hallucinogenic
First recorded in 1950–55; hallucino(gen) + -genic
Example Sentences
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"This opens the possibility of designing new therapeutics that retain beneficial biological activity while reducing hallucinogenic responses, potentially enabling safer and more practical treatment strategies."
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
He’s heard that by exposing it to the perfect cheeseball pop song — upbeat, sincere — it will excrete a natural hallucinogenic: a profitable slime.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
In fact, lately it seems like Santos has leaned into the spectacle of his hallucinogenic reign, enjoying the lame-duck freedom afforded to politicians of a much more reverent pedigree.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023
Tested in mice, Delix's leading molecule doesn't appear hallucinogenic.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
The effect is weird, hilarious and, when fog issues in torrents from the fish’s mouth late in the performance, hallucinogenic.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023
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