mentalistic

1 of 2

adjective

men·​tal·​is·​tic ˌmen-tə-ˈli-stik 

1

: of or relating to any school of psychology or psychiatry that in contrast to behaviorism values subjective data (such as those gained by introspection) in the study and explanation of behavior

2

: of or relating to mental phenomena

mentalism

ˈmen-tə-ˌli-zəm 

noun

mentalism

2 of 2

noun

men·​tal·​ism ˈmentᵊlˌizəm 

plural -s

1

a

: a doctrine that mind is the fundamental reality : berkeleianism compare idealism, materialism

b

: a doctrine that distinguishes mental processes fundamentally from the accompanying brain activity

2

: a view that conscious processes as revealed by introspection are the proper data of psychology

—opposed to behaviorism

3

: a hypothesis that special factors of mind must be assumed to analyze, classify, or explain some or all phenomena of language compare mechanism

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mentalistic

• agonistic
• altruistic
• animistic
• aphoristic
• atheistic
• atomistic
• cabalistic
• calvinistic
• chauvinistic
• dualistic
• egoistic
• egotistic

Medical Definition

mentalistic

adjective

men·​tal·​is·​tic ˌment-ᵊl-ˈis-tik 

: of or relating to any school of psychology or psychiatry that in contrast to behaviorism values subjective data (as those gained by introspection) in the study and explanation of behavior

mentalism

ˈment-ᵊl-ˌiz-əm 

noun