mentalismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From mental +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.taˈliz.mu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mẽ.taˈliʒ.mu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.taˈliz.mo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.tɐˈliʒ.mu/

  • Rhymes: -iʒmu, -izmu
  • Hyphenation: men‧ta‧lis‧mo

Noun

mentalismo m (plural mentalismos)

  1. mentalism
    1. (occultism) alleged power to read or control the minds of others
    2. (philosophy) doctrine that reality is the spirit, not the material world
    3. (psychology) doctrine according to which, in addition to physical and physiological phenomena, there are also spiritual or mental phenomena that can be studied through introspection

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mentaˈlismo/ [mẽn̪.t̪aˈliz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: men‧ta‧lis‧mo

Noun

mentalismo m (plural mentalismos)

  1. mentalism

Further reading