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psychedelic rock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
psychedelic rock
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, electronic music, folk music, jazz, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.

Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Usage

Phrases

psych-rock psy rock

Synonyms

acid rock psych

Questions

What does psychedelic rock mean?
A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, electronic music, folk music, jazz, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
Where does psychedelic rock come from?
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.

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