Definition of "psychotomimetic" []

• Tending to induce hallucinations, delusions, or other symptoms of a psychosis. Used of a drug. (adjective)
• A psychotomimetic drug, such as LSD. (noun)

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• "Enclosed was a note suggesting that they use it as a psychotomimetic—a drug that would induce “model psychoses” and thus allow firsthand study of the “pathogenesis of mental illness.”"
• "Initially, experimentation centered on the belief that the drug served as a psychotomimetic, inducing "model psychosis" in research subjects, which might enable researchers to understand the disease's somatic development."
• "Fever Night or Static Age aka Band of Satanic Outsiders is an acid-trip, psychotomimetic horror film about three Satanists who are faced with serious repercussions after going into the woods one night and worshipping the Devil."