n.
Pronunciation: ə - ˌ s ō -s ē - ' ā -sh ə - ˌ ni-z ə m, - ˌ s ō -sh ē -
Function: 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
– as · so · ci · a · tion · ist \ - ' ā -sh( ə -)nist \ noun
– as · so · ci · a · tion · is · tic \ - ˌ ā -sh ə - ' nis-tik \ adjective