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Meaning of recreational pharmaceutical | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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