Timothy Francis Leary

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An American psychologist known for promoting LSD and other psychedelic drugs in the 1960s

proper noun
/ˈtɪməθi ˈfrænsɪs ˈlɪəri/

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The famous psychologist Timothy Francis Leary promoted the use of LSD.

Examples

Many people credit Timothy Francis Leary with popularizing LSD in American society.
The research of Timothy Francis Leary remains a subject of debate among psychologists and historians.
Timothy Francis Leary became a counterculture icon in the 1960s due to his promotion of psychedelic drugs.
Timothy Francis Leary was a controversial figure during the 1960s.
Timothy Francis Leary became a counterculture icon in the 1960s due to his promotion of psychedelic drugs.
Many people credit Timothy Francis Leary with popularizing LSD in American society.
Timothy Francis Leary was a controversial figure during the 1960s.

Synonyms

Tim Leary

vsTimothy Francis Leary

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An American psychologist who studied and promoted psychedelic drugs such as LSD

has identical meaning but uses the full formal personal name

Surface Forms

Timothy Francis Leary main

Morphology

Timothy + Francis + Leary

This is a full personal name (proper noun) whose meaning is referential rather than compositional: knowing the constituent names 'Timothy', 'Francis' and 'Leary' does not allow a learner to infer the person’s identity or biographical details (American psychologist, LSD advocate). Proper names are arbitrary labels across languages and do not transparently encode the descriptive meaning, so the MWE is not derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist who became famous in the 1960s for encouraging people to try mind-changing drugs like LSD and for saying 'turn on, tune in, drop out'. Because of this, his name is linked with psychedelic drugs and the youth movement of that time.