单词 | mentalism |
释义 | mentalism[ men-tl-iz-uhm ] / ˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm / nounthe doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver. the doctrine that human conduct reflects the operation of a nonmaterial principle. any psychological theory that accepts as a proper subject of study the mental basis for human behavior. Compare behaviorism. Origin of mentalismFirst recorded in 1870–75; mental1 + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM mentalismmen·tal·is·tic, adjectivemen·tal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby mentalismmental hospital, mental hygiene, mental illness, mental image, mental impairment, mentalism, mentalist, mentality, mental lexicon, mentally, mentally ill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mentalismmentalism / (ˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) / nounphilosophy the doctrine that mind is the fundamental reality and that objects of knowledge exist only as aspects of the subject's consciousnessCompare physicalism, idealism (def. 3) See also monism (def. 1), materialism (def. 2) Derived forms of mentalismmentalist, nounmentalistic, adjectivementalistically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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