mentalism

Noun

Meaning

(philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

philosophy intuition psychic idealism clairvoyance spiritualism atomism utopianism mind control telepathy immaterialism impracticality mental telepathy psychic communication illusionism

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Antonyms

authenticity actuality disillusionment disenchantment corporealism

Hypernyms

philosophical doctrine philosophical theory

Phrases with the word

non-mentalism

Anagrams

Simmental

Examples

His key target of criticism is any form of extreme mentalism that posits mental states that are entirely unconnected to the subject's environment. Source: Internet

From 1910–1913 the American Psychological Association went through a sea change of opinion, away from mentalism and towards "behavioralism", and in 1913 John B. Watson coined the term behaviorism for this school of thought. Source: Internet

He performed a mentalism and magic act at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California from April 24 to 30, 2006. Source: Internet

Others, however, question the accuracy of the diagnosis, or feel they have been given a " label " that invites social stigma and discrimination (the terms " mentalism " and "sanism" have been used to describe such discriminatory treatment). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mentalis mentalisation mentalise mentalist mentalistic mentality