associationist
English
Etymology
association + -ist
Noun
associationist (plural associationists)
- (philosophy) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.
- 1879, John Stuart Mill, On Socialism
- the experience and manifestations of Fear , were systematically omitted by the Associationist.
- 1879, John Stuart Mill, On Socialism
- (psychology) A proponent of associationism.
- 1995, Richard Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied:
- 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.
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- (Islam) a mushrik; one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
philosophy
psychology
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Islam