English Explanatory Dictionary

mentalistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterized by appeal to mental states (such as beliefs, desires, intentions, feelings) in describing, explaining, or predicting behaviour or other phenomena; employing or pertaining to vocabulary or predicates about such states (often contrasted with behaviorist or purely physicalist approaches).
  2. Of or relating to mentalism or mentalists.

Word forms

mentalistic more mentalistic most mentalistic

Etymology

From mentalist + -ic.

Derived words

nonmentalistic
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