mentalist
[ men-tl-ist ]
noun
a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
a person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research.
a mind reader, psychic, or fortuneteller.
Origin of mentalist
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How to use mentalist in a sentence
Mentalists find hidden objects in an audience using basically the same approach, combined with clever techniques of distraction.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin PowersMentalists, of course, made a career of it and were much better at it than anybody else.
Brink of Madness | Walter J. SheldonMentalists were all the rage, partly because everybody could practice a little amateur telepathy and hypnotism in his own home.
Brink of Madness | Walter J. Sheldon
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