Mentalist
[men-tl-ist] /ˈmɛn tl ɪst/
noun
1.
a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
2.
a person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research.
3.
a mind reader, psychic, or fortuneteller.
n.
1782, from mental + -ist. Originally in reference to artistic taste; philosophical sense (from mentalism) is from 1900. Related: mentalistic.
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