Placebic

Quick meaning: Placebic is an adjective meaning Functioning as a placebo.

Meaning

Functioning as a placebo.

Example Sentences

Many millions of dollars are expended on drugs, diagnostic tests, and psychotherapies of a placebic nature.

He could invent a fictional restaurant for you to bite your burger at but any fictional restaurant would be, like Nomenex, a worthless simulant or inconcinne imitation, a placebic generic.

In the request-only condition, the experimenter said simply 'Excuse me, I have 5 (20) copies. May I use the xerox machine?' In the placebic information condition, this was followed by the phrase 'because I need to make copies'. In the real information condition, the reason offered in support was 'because I am in a rush'.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include placebo-controlled, pseudotherapeutic, psychostimulating, psychostimulatory, ataractic, stimulant.

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