Designating hallucinogenic drugs used to loosen constraints on the psyche and allow the retrieval of unconscious material; (of therapy) employing such drugs.
Origin
1960s.
Definition of psycholytic in US English:
psycholytic
adjective
Psychology
Designating hallucinogenic drugs used to loosen constraints on the psyche and allow the retrieval of unconscious material; (of therapy) employing such drugs.