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mentalism

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Noun
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men=tal=ism

CIDE DICTIONARY

mentalismn. 
  •  a doctrine that mind is the only true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness.  [WordNet 1.5]
  •  Any theory of psychology that accepts introspective data about the functioning of the mind as a valid object of study; contrasted to behaviorism.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mentalism, n.
1 Philos. the theory that physical and psychological phenomena are ultimately only explicable in terms of a creative and interpretative mind.
2 Psychol. the primitive tendency to personify in spirit form the forces of nature, or endow inert objects with the quality of 'soul'.

Derivative
mentalist n. mentalistic adj.

For further exploring for "mentalism" in Webster Dictionary Online


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