The Collaborative International Dictionary
Associationist \As*so`ci*a"tion*ist\, n. (Philos.) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Islam English) a mushrik; an Islamic term for one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity 2 (context philosophy English) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.
Usage examples of "associationist".
I began to think about the implications of this experiment I realized that, straightforward enough though the effect may be, it clearly does not conform to any simple associationist theory derived by an extension of pavlovian or skinnerian conditioning theory, whose essence is the immediate linking in time of stimulus and response.
The associationists, as might be expected, struggled hard to save their theory.
Indeed, in Chapter 111 shall go on to show how our own experiments can prove that this is the case - with implications far different from those the associationists wish to draw from them.
The associationists, as might be expected, struggled hard to save their theory.