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mentalism
CIDE DICTIONARY
mentalism, n.
- 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'.
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.
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