Phrase guide
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noun
A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, electronic music, folk music, jazz, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: acid rock, psych
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: acid rock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
History
The album The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) first used psychedelic to describe music; the band The 13th Floor Elevators is sometimes credited with coining the term.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
