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mentalistic adjective psychology, language specializeduk /ˌmen.təlˈɪs.tɪk/ us /ˌmen.t̬əlˈɪs.tɪk/ relating to thought and the mind, or the study of this: After the accident, he lost all mentalistic vocabulary (beliefs, wants, etc.), and his language system was essentially limited to nouns. Social interaction may affect the development of children's mentalistic understanding. We try to avoid misleading mentalistic explanations. There is a mentalistic versus behavioural contrast between the two Greek verbs. She tackled the problem of mentalistic descriptions of language by insisting that they focus on observable language behaviour. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Logic and reason a fortiori a posteriori a priori analytic antinomy illogical illogicality illogically inclusive disjunction incoherently non-theoretical non-verbal nonscientific overintellectualization overintellectualize teleology theoretical theoretically theory thinking |