mentalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum English -al English mental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mentalism From mental + -ism.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness.
- (countable, uncountable) Activities such as mind-reading, especially by performers.
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(countable, uncountable) Oppression on the basis of neurological type or perceived intelligence.
The U.S. military's bombing of a Grenadan mental hospital struck me as significant in the type of target selected. […] Hearing accounts of this atrocity against Grenadan mental patients underscored for me the very real connections between imperialism, racism, and mentalism.
1983 December 3, anonymous author, “"Mental Patients" Are People”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mentalisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
ru ментали́зм (doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness) · fr mentalisme (doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness) · pt mentalismo (doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness) · pl mentalizm (doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness) · es mentalismo (doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness)