Spinson
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An agent in an agent-based model representing a person who holds one of two opposite opinions on a topic (for example, "for" or "against").
"The evolution of a spinson’s opinion is governed by two different processes: (i) independence and (ii) social and mass-media influence."
Example
More examples"The evolution of a spinson’s opinion is governed by two different processes: (i) independence and (ii) social and mass-media influence."
Etymology
Blend of spin (“property of a subatomic particle”) + person. Based on the idea that a person's opinion can be likened to the up or down spin of a quark. Coined by Piotr Nyczka and Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron in 2013.
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