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Mentalism
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness. countable, uncountable
- 2 (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness wordnet
- 3 Activities such as mind-reading, especially by performers. countable, uncountable
- 4 Oppression on the basis of neurological type or perceived intelligence. countable, uncountable
"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."
Etymology
From mental + -ism.
See also for "mentalism"
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