psychoactive

From psycho- +‎ active.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪkoʊˈæktɪv/

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psychoactive (comparative more psychoactive, superlative most psychoactive)

1. (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.

   LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 367:

     Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. "As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to pyschoactive drugs.

• psychotropic

• psychoactivation
• psychoactivity

psychoactive (plural psychoactives)

1. (pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes.

   LSD and DMT are psychoactives.

psychoactive

1. feminine singular of psychoactif