English Dictionary

psychotropism

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The desire for or pursuit of altered states of consciousness. / The alteration of one's mental state or brain structure. / The desire for mental stimulation and knowledge.

日本語の意味

意識状態の変容を求める欲求またはその追求 / 精神状態や脳の構造の変化 / 精神的な刺激や知識を求める欲求

The artist's psychotropism drove him to experiment with sensory deprivation and lucid dreaming to expand his creative horizons.

その芸術家の変性意識の追求は、創造的な視野を広げるために感覚遮断や明晰夢を試すよう彼を駆り立てた。

意味（1）

The desire for or pursuit of altered states of consciousness.

When the level of illicit drug use is added to this, it becomes apparent that psychotropism is something which affects something like half the population in America.

意味（2）

The alteration of one's mental state or brain structure.

It seems that N-methyl substitution tends unspecifically to increase psychotropism of different compounds without predetermining the quality of the effect being enhanced.

意味（3）

The desire for mental stimulation and knowledge.

What is the explanation of this greatest of all the tropic or turning responses of nature – psychotropism?

psychotropisms （ plural ）