Define Mentalist Meaning

One who is mental - first coined by UK sitcom "I'm Alan Partridge" (Episode 5)

Originally a mentalist was an adherent or advocate of a mentalistic school of psychology or psychiatry. Someone who believes that some mental phenomena cannot be explained by physical laws (i.e. telepathy and mind reading).

While a psychic may claim to observe an underlying spiritual reality and report on it, in a process known as a "psychic reading," a mentalist, by contrast, might claim the ability to manipulate that reality in order to create a different manifestation.

The term "mentalist" also refers to "psychic" entertainers whose illusions feature the apparent ability to read minds, foretell the future, and see distant and hidden objects. This branch of magic is referred to as "mentalism".

"Mentalist" has more recently become a tongue-in-cheek insult for when someone is behaving oddly or wackily, thanks to tv series "Alan Partridge" and "The Office".

In backwater police department jargon:

(1) a soft file wherein the names, addresses and other vital information about people regarded as having emotional, cognitive and/or behavioral disorders are kept;

(2) a soft file containing the names of people who've pissed off police officers to such an extent they have been wrongfully branded as having emotional, cognitive and/or behavioral disorders in order to ensure they'll receive "extra special handling".

A person who is mental and proud. The term is not meant in an offencive way and is often used by friends or relatives.

A person with a) a mental disorder, b) a penchant for doing things of a dangerous or "mental" nature

someone who is interested in mental or spiritual practices.
someone who is clearly mad and is not ashamed of it. someone who persistantly defies there mates telling them "don't do that you mentalist"

American Police Procedural TV series aired on CBS, created by Bruno Heller, starring Simon Baker and Robin Tunney.

A sci-fi show about a man who can think.

A person who follows the religion "Mentalism"
The requirments to becoming a mentalist are:
-to be mental or physically unstable OR be a carer of said people
-To have the ability to trip over at least 4 times a day over thin air OR be able to tell when a person is about to do so
-To have 3 or more "not my" boyfriends on the go OR to try and keep a person who has from getting to far in (literally) to relationships
-To swear an oath of allience to Iona, the High Queen of the unstables and her carer, Jess, the saviour of the 'tards
-Use oxymorons a lot

fundi-mentalist, n - one who believes he is in direct mental communication with God, and thus speaks with His voice