psychedelia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of psychedelia
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; psychedel(ic) + -ia
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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
Led by keyboard player Paul Copeland, the group were praised for a "bold, genre-blending record" with elements of jazz, hip-hop, psychedelia and grime.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Arco” will entrance kids and pre-teen viewers with its just-crude-enough animation style, providing the film with a taste of scrappy ’70s psychedelia and distinctly French character illustration.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
Mind-bending psychedelia is present in the work of artists like Robert Crumb and Karl Wirsum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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
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