recreational pharmaceutical

noun

A medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication.

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Meanings

nounrecreational pharmaceutical (plural recreational pharmaceuticals)

plural recreational pharmaceuticals

  1. A medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication.

    If there is one person who can be held responsible for the emergence of cocaine as a recreational pharmaceutical, it was Freud.

    2003, Dominic Streatfeild, Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography, →ISBN, page 67

    Synonyms: recreational drug

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication.

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recreational drug
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recreational drug
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APA

recreational pharmaceutical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreational%20pharmaceutical

MLA

“recreational pharmaceutical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreational%20pharmaceutical. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recreational pharmaceutical,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreational%20pharmaceutical.

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