noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who believes that the brain only transmits consciousness rather than originating it.
2. 2
   One who favours, or uses, a teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.

Etymology

From transmission + -ist.

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