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associationist en · NOUN

Etymology

From association + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.
   • the experience and manifestations of Fear , were systematically omitted by the Associationist. 1879, John Stuart Mill, Socialism:
2. A proponent of associationism.
   • Only a full-scale analysis of the origin and development of our sensations and ideas can provide this knowledge; so Hartley's associationist psychology becomes the prerequisite for moral knowledge. 1995, Richard Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied:
3. a mushrik; one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity.
4. (Judaism) a shitufi; one who ascribes partners to Hashem (God) or believes in the Trinity.

Forms

Deriveds

associationistic · neoassociationist

Translations (6)

pl asocjacjonistka (philosophy) · pl asocjacjonistka (Islam) · pl asocjacjonistka (psychology) · pl asocjacjonista (philosophy) · pl asocjacjonista (Islam) · pl asocjacjonista (psychology)