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.
Etymology
Origin of mentalist
Example Sentences
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He then bills himself as a mentalist and begins performing séances for wealthy clients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
As a kid, he was on the Catskills circuit with his brother in a mentalist act, “The Boy with the Radio Mind.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023
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
Last year Geller's friend Scottish mentalist and mind reader Drew McAdam, who comes from East Lothian, the county that includes Lamb, made the first recording of a piece of music called Our Land.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022
I had Marco the mentalist hypnotize me and give me a rather special post-hypnotic command.
From Brink of Madness by Sheldon, Walter J.
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