nootropic
noun
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Definition of nootropic
: a substance that enhances cognition and memory and facilitates learning
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This year, nootropics have gone thoroughly mainstream by intersecting with other powerful consumer trends. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "The all-too-understandable urge to buy a better brain," 8 July 2019 Though its name suggests a nootropics concern or a purveyor of networked exercise equipment, Superhumanâs unbodied offering is productivity software for the inbox. — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, "What the Superhuman Controversy Reveals About the Shifting Ethics of Software," 17 July 2019 Awakened Futures encouraged that attitude by handing out nootropics to every entrant. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "I Think I Hated This Tech Conference on Psychedelics," 8 June 2019 That has been founder Jen Batchelorâs tack at Kin Euphorics, her non-alcoholic, functional beverage brand formulated with a blend of nootropics, adaptogens, and botanics. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "Meet the Poster Girl for L.A.âs Zero-Proof Party Scene," 24 Apr. 2019 Try Uplift Coffee, the first bottled coffee made with the revolutionary Warm Brewingâą process and infused with a patented melange of brain-enhancing nootropics! — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Why Youâre Buying Products From Companies Youâve Never Heard Of," 4 Oct. 2018 Will nootropics combat it one day, or will some of these experiments end badly? — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, "Brainhackers Are Concocting DIY "Smart Drug" Cocktails," 28 Apr. 2018 Brainhackers playing with nootropics tend to be overachieving type-A personalities not afraid to experiment, using themselves as lab rats. — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, "Brainhackers Are Concocting DIY "Smart Drug" Cocktails," 28 Apr. 2018 This could produce the same effects as nootropics or smart drugs, but with fewer potential side effects, as the brain is stimulated directly. — Dom Galeon, NBC News, "Have Scientists Found a Way to 'Turbocharge' the Human Brain?," 12 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nootropic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for nootropic
nootropic
adjective
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Medical Definition of nootropic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of, relating to, or promoting the enhancement of cognition and memory and the facilitation of learning
nootropic drugs
nootropic
nounMedical Definition of nootropic (Entry 2 of 2)
: a nootropic substance and especially a drug
— called also smart drug