MENTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mentalism mean? 

• MENTALISM (noun)
  The noun MENTALISM has 1 sense:

1. (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness

  Familiarity information: MENTALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mentalism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)