mentalist

noun

men·​tal·​ist ˈmen-tə-list How to pronounce mentalist (audio)

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The Amazing Kreskin, the famed mentalist who appeared on The Tonight Show numerous times, has died at age 89. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024 The Hollywood Reporter and New York Times report the actor and mentalist died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey. Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 Born January 12, 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey, George Kresge was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk’s crime solving comic strip Mandrake the Magician, whose work was based on an unusually fast hypnotic technique. Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Magician and mentalist David Martinez will entertain the audience at 7 p.m. with a bit of magic before Nagano closes things out on the Wurlitzer. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mentalist 

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mentalist was in 1909

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“Mentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentalist. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

mentalist

noun
men·​tal·​ist ˈment-ᵊl-əst How to pronounce mentalist (audio)
: an adherent or advocate of a mentalistic school of psychology or psychiatry

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