psychedelia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of psychedelia
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; psychedel(ic) + -ia
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
During his decades-long career, Max created brightly colored graphic images and was credited with capturing the essence of the 1960s "summer of love" and psychedelia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Released months after “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” this occasionally ill-advised foray into psychedelia pales in comparison to the Beatles’ masterpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But Mr. Simpson’s next album, 2019’s “Sound & Fury,” was accompanied by an anime film on Netflix and found Mr. Simpson toying with mechanized dance rhythms and going deeper into psychedelia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Combining soul, rock and psychedelia, Sly Stone and his band, the Family Stone, were one of the biggest US acts of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Even "Cyberthon," Point Foundation's "Woodstock of Cyberspace" where Bay Area psychedelia collided headlong with the emergent world of computerized virtual reality, was like a Kiwanis Club gig compared to this astonishing do.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
