mentalist

[ men-tl-ist ]
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noun
  1. a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.

  2. a person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research.

  1. a mind reader, psychic, or fortuneteller.

Origin of mentalist

1
First recorded in 1780–90; mental1 + -ist

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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.

  • Mentalists, of course, made a career of it and were much better at it than anybody else.

    Brink of Madness | Walter J. Sheldon
  • Mentalists 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