Associationism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A theory that association (of experiences etc) is the basis of consciousness and mental activity countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity wordnet

Synonyms

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association theorybehaviorismpsychoanalysis

Etymology

From association + -ism.

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