Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who believes in mind-cure; one who holds the doctrine that mental influence is the only or the chief cure for bodily ills.
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Examples
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I detailed to him the conversation of that time -- with the stately argument furnished by Boyesen in the fact that a patient had actually been killed by a mind-curist; and Howells's own smart remark that when the mind-curist is done with you, you have to call in a "regular" at last because the former can't procure you a burial permit.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872
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At last he gave in -- he said he remembered that talk, but had now been a mind-curist so long it was difficult for him to realize that he had ever been anything else.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872
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At last he gave in -- he said he remembered that talk, but had now been a mind-curist so long it was difficult for him to realize that he had ever been anything else.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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I detailed to him the conversation of that time -- with the stately argument furnished by Boyesen in the fact that a patient had actually been killed by a mind-curist; and Howells's own smart remark that when the mind-curist is done with you, you have to call in a "regular" at last because the former can't procure you a burial permit.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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