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mentalism

mentalism noun: the doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness.

Noun

mentalism (countable and uncountable, plural mentalisms)

  1. The doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness.
  2. Activities such as mind-reading, especially by performers.
  3. Oppression on the basis of neurological type or perceived intelligence.
    • The U.S. military's bombing of a Grenadan mental hospital struck me as significant in the type of target selected. […] Hearing accounts of this atrocity against Grenadan mental patients underscored for me the very real connections between imperialism, racism, and mentalism.1983 December 3, anonymous author, “"Mental Patients" Are People”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 3

Forms of mentalism

pluralmentalisms

Origin of mentalism

From mental + -ism.

Words formed from mentalism

Questions about mentalism

What does mentalism mean?
Mentalism means the doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness.
What part of speech is mentalism?
Mentalism is a noun.
What is the plural of mentalism?
The plural of mentalism is mentalisms.

Words near mentalism in the dictionary

  1. mentalisations
  2. mentalise
  3. mentalised
  4. mentalises
  5. mentalising
  6. mentalism
  7. mentalisms
  8. mentalist
  9. mentalistic
  10. mentalistically
  11. mentalists

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