a person who professes to read minds or tell fortunes
mentalist in American English
(ˈmentlɪst)
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
Word origin
[1780–90; mental1 + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ego, fluff, oxygen, rosette, seep-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, dramatist, machinist, novelist, realist
Examples of 'mentalist' in a sentence
mentalist
Miracle is an odd mix of mentalist magic and self-help tips.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The illusionist and 'mentalist' performs startling feats.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's no big deal to them, the grizzled old mentalist asserted.
The Sun (2015)
The illusionist and 'mentalist' performs startling trickery.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The illusionist and 'mentalist' plunders the mysteries of the mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Brown is an instinctively brilliant mentalist, who has refined that talent with wide reading on psychology and years of therapy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But for confidence, the most important person for a player to talk to is his coach, not a mentalist.