psychonaut
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psychonaut (plural psychonauts)
- A person who explores his or her own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs.
- Synonym: neuronaut
- 2022 November 17, Annie Lowrey, “Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- It has also become an influential subculture in the Bay Area, where devotees commonly refer to themselves as effective altruists in the same way they might describe themselves as leftists or psychonauts.
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Likely borrowed from English psychonaut.
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psychonaut m (plural psychonauten, diminutive psychonautje n, feminine psychonaute)
- A (male) person who explores his own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs; a psychonaut
- Synonym: neuronaut