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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intensely affecting the mind, especially to the extent of producing hallucinations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective informal intensely affecting the mind, especially in producing hallucinations; -- usually of chemical substances.
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- adjective
Hallucinogenic . - adjective
Mentally taxing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations
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Examples
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Thanks largely to their pioneering and tireless efforts in these areas, this Park remains a world-class biological jewel where people can still experience a mind-bending diversity of unique ecosystems and species such as the charismatic nene goose, hawksbill sea turtle, and Mauna Loa silversword.
Robert J. Cabin: The Wildfires in Hawaii Are a Loss for Our World Robert J. Cabin 2011
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Thanks largely to their pioneering and tireless efforts in these areas, this Park remains a world-class biological jewel where people can still experience a mind-bending diversity of unique ecosystems and species such as the charismatic nene goose, hawksbill sea turtle, and Mauna Loa silversword.
Robert J. Cabin: The Wildfires in Hawaii Are a Loss for Our World Robert J. Cabin 2011
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Press Association Steven Frayne While he may not yet be a household name like David Blaine or David Copperfield, his mind-bending skills are creating a buzz.
Magician Steven Frayne Gets Back to Reality Victoria Maigrot 2011
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Statistically, that means that must be one where some poor version of humanity lives in an inverted, mind-bending alternate reality where everything is backwards and nothing makes sense.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Letter From 64 Senators... In an Alternate Universe RJ 2011
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At $30, it is remarkably good value; but do not be sucked in by the publisher's claim that it "introduces the nonscientific reader to the mind-bending world of quantum physics."
How Physics Got Weird John Gribbin 2011
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Working within the recursive logic is a mind-bending experience.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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I totally grok this cover, and I can tell you that the story between the covers is even more mind-bending.
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With his twisted diatribe on this mind-bending horror, Mr. Robertson has has relieved whatever passes for a conscience and now feels free to go on with his life.
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I totally grok this cover, and I can tell you that the story between the covers is even more mind-bending.
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Recently, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom developed a mathematical argument to support the mind-bending theory.
Boing Boing 2009
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