mentalist
Americannoun
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a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
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a person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research.
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a mind reader, psychic, or fortuneteller.
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Origin of mentalist
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As well as Trump's speech, the rescheduled dinner will keep to a similar program that includes a performance by mentalist Oz Pearlman.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The next moment, the celebrity mentalist, slated to be the entertainment that evening, was taking cover at the direction of law enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Instead, mentalist Oz Pearlman had been performing and was interacting with Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the time of the incident.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Created and performed by theater artist and mentalist Vinny DePonto, ‘Mindplay’ probes the unreliable narrators of our minds in a Geffen Playhouse world premiere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
She gave the year as 1917, called the doctor "a mentalist," and the stenographer "a tapper," or "a mental tapper."
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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