(especially of a hallucinogenic drug) giving a sense of heightened or broader awareness.
‘they were the noisiest advocates of LSD and other mind-expanding drugs’
‘all four books are genuinely mind-expanding’
‘Experimentation with mind-expanding drugs has become, for many, indulgence in mind-controlling drugs.’
‘Guitars and mind-expanding drugs, that's what it's all about.’
‘Our crystal ball sees mind-expanding drugs, a trip to the zoo, followed by a night in the cells.’
‘Bert's well aware that the use of mind-expanding drugs has a long and honourable tradition in the search for what's really around us.’
‘The first of these images arose when Hlongwane painted an image entitled Holy Herb, an image exploring the effects of marijuana as a mind-expanding drug.’
‘But perhaps the most insidious aspect of the campaign for legalisation is the claim by some of its supporters that drugs have a mind-expanding effect on individuals and a progressive impact on society.’
‘He was, it seems, referring obliquely to the haze created by all those mind-expanding drugs the beautiful people popped, mainlined and smoked.’
‘So walking to a friendly, mind-expanding destination builds a sense of community, a willingness to get involved, a feeling of relationship.’
‘From 1968 to 1972, their ever-increasing sense of self-importance spawned a cult of mind-expanding minions.’
‘For the third year in a row, Schematic Records has dropped another amazing compilation of mind-expanding techno and hip hop-influenced metal machine music.’
‘Sorry, I passed out there for a moment at the thought of having to fill an entire school holiday with creative and mind-expanding activities like painting, baking and learning Japanese.’
‘I judge most magazines pretty harshly, and arrogantly avoid those that fall short of what I consider mind-expanding reading.’
‘Apparently, little Tommy just isn't interested in the mind-expanding toy any more - he'd rather waste aliens or whatever on his computer.’
‘Algebra, Shakespeare and the First World War have traditionally been among the more mind-expanding subjects faced by our pupils.’
‘It's a thrilling, mind-expanding hobby that encourages our natural instincts to explore and play in our own environment.’
‘There are some real winners on this album, but don't go looking for a mind-expanding experience.’
‘As a result, she has a healthy appreciation for the mind-expanding benefits of travel.’
‘For precocious local high-school students like Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock and Walter Hopps, it had provided a mind-expanding opportunity to see in person what they'd only read about in art magazines.’
‘They achieved a huge worldwide audience, by one estimation six million readers over half a century, and garnered handy counter-culture cache during the mind-expanding 1960's.’
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