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Definition of Mentalism
1. Noun. (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness.
Definition of Mentalism
1. Noun. The doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness ¹
2. Noun. Activities such as mind reading, especially when used by performers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mentalism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentalism
Literary usage of Mentalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Nirvanaism by William Danmar (1914)
"It was the transition from spiritualism to mentalism. It is not required to start
a great opposition to genuine spiritualism because it is a dead lion in ..."
2. The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy: The Gifford Lectures by Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1920)
"... LECTURE X IDEALISM AND mentalism A FURTHER point requires elucidation.
The conclusion we have reached—the doctrine of the self-conscious life as ..."