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Definition of Mind-expanding
1. Adjective. (of hallucinogenic drugs) giving a sense of heightened or broader awareness.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mind-expanding
Literary usage of Mind-expanding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1905)
"... the loyalty of this nation, growing up from her youth with a mind expanding
and grasping the idea of the greatness of the people over whom she ruled, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... to reach the truth, Repeated o'er by streams of countless men, And changing
e'er with mind's expanding view, Till errors old have grown to science new. ..."
3. Daniel H. Burnham; Architect, Planner of Cities by Charles Moore (1921)
"Of all the friendships that grew out of these mind-expanding days, the one which
had the greatest influence on Mr. Burn- ham's after work and achievement ..."
4. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1852)
"... The mind, expanding slow, itself unfolds, And to the Muse (sole mistress of
its treasure) Yields all the gather'd sweetness which it holds. ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1833)
"We must doubt if the culprit at the whipping-post feels his mind expanding with
the sublime; and yet perhaps he has the experience of as much " pain," as ..."
6. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"He had possibilities before him, which, if he had been permitted to live, with
a mind expanding and strengthening, he might have attained to his own credit ..."
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