noun Date: 1875 a reductionist school of psychology that holds that the content of consciousness can be explained by the association and reassociation of irreducible sensory and perceptual elements, associationist noun associationistic adjective
ASSOCIATIONISM
Meaning of ASSOCIATIONISM in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012