1.A magician who performs feats that apparently demonstrate extraordinary mental powers, such as mind-reading.
‘It seems there are more mentalists out there than we had at first feared.’
‘No. Strays isn’t _mentalist_ enough to veer off in that kind of direction, it’s all too tight.’
2.An adherent of mentalism.
‘Chief among his trophies was Uri Geller, an Israeli-born, disco-era _mentalist_ who claimed, among other things, that he had the ability to soften metal and move a compass needle with his mind.’
‘He’s a _mentalist_ , which is recreating, or pretending to read, people’s minds - giving the illusion of reading people’s minds, all using tricks you can come up with.’