mind reader
noun
a person professing the ability of mind reading, especially as a professional entertainer.
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mind-readernouna person seemingly able to discern the thoughts of another
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Origin of mind reader
First recorded in 1885–90
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The 28-year-old mind reader, who graduated from the Junior Society in 2020, described the program as his “professional playground,” which gave him the skills he needed to pursue magic full-time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Don't expect them to be a mind reader.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
Nightmare Alley stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, a nightclub mind reader who becomes tangled up with Cate Blanchett as Dr. Lilith Ritter, a psychiatrist out to debunk him as a fraud.
From The Verge ● Sep. 16, 2021
I'm not a mind reader, but let's face it: This is honking nonsense.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2021
“What are you, a mind reader or something?”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
CNN’s Jake Tapper, in debriefing reporter Evan Perez, said he couldn’t ask him to be a mind-reader in assessing Trump’s mood.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
I wasn’t trying to see if it could guess what actually came next — it’s not a mind-reader.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
“Some are legitimate and some are corrupt, and you don’t need to be a mind-reader to figure out which is which,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 29, 2020
After all, it didn’t take a mind-reader to figure out that this was what Powell would do as Fed chair—just a newspaper.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2018
“Oh,” she said, and then went into grandparent mind-reader mode.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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