entactogen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
en- + tactile + -o- + -gen, coined by American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist David E. Nichols in 1986[1] as an alternative to empathogen, attempting to avoid possible negative connotations from πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
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Noun[edit]
entactogen (plural entactogens)
- An empathogen.
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References[edit]
- ^ Robert Leverant (1986 October-December) “MDMA Reconsidered”, in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, volume 18, number 4, , →ISSN, pages 373–376:
- On May 17 and 18, 1986, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic sponsored a national conference on the drug MDMA. […] The word entactogen was used at the conference to describe an entirely new drug class. This term was coined by David Nichols to describe a substance that produces empathy and sympathy, […]