mind-expanding

[ mahynd-ik-span-ding ]

adjective

1. heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way:

   mind-expanding drugs.

mind-expanding

adjective

1. (of a drug such as LSD) causing a sensation of heightened consciousness; psychedelic

Word History and Origins

Origin of mind-expanding¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

His natural gifts were still ripening and his mind expanding.

From Project Gutenberg

One feels the old barriers giving way and the mind expanding to the conception of larger things.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hallucinatory
• kaleidoscopic
• multicolored