mentalism

English

Etymology

From mental +‎ -ism.

Noun

mentalism (countable and uncountable, plural mentalisms)

1. The doctrine that physical reality exists only because of the mind's awareness.
2. Activities such as mind-reading, especially by performers.
3. Oppression on the basis of neurological type or perceived intelligence.
   • 1983 December 3, anonymous author, “"Mental Patients" Are People”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 3:

     The U.S. military's bombing of a Grenadan mental hospital struck me as significant in the type of target selected. […] Hearing accounts of this atrocity against Grenadan mental patients underscored for me the very real connections between imperialism, racism, and mentalism.

Anagrams

• Simmental, immantles