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.

Category relationships: Philosophy
Generic synonyms: Philosophical Doctrine, Philosophical Theory

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

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Definition of Mentalism

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentalism

mental spine
mental state
mental states
mental status schedule
mental strain
mental symphysis
mental synthesis
mental telepathist
mental test
mental testing
mental tubercle
mental unsoundness
mentalese
mentaleses
mentalis
mentalism (current term)
mentalisms
mentalist
mentalistic
mentalists
mentalities
mentality
mentalité
mentalization
mentalize
mentalized
mentalizes
mentalizing
mentally
mentally challenged

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 ..."

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