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associationism

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as·so·ci·a·tion·ism  (-ss-sh-nzm, -ssh-)
n.
The psychological theory that association is the basic principle of all mental activity.
as·soci·ation·ist adj. & n.
as·soci·ation·istic adj.
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Noun1.associationism - (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
association theory
scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
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In the pages that follow, I will argue that the circulation of migrants around the Caribbean spread both knowledge of and need for voluntary associations, and that British moral reform and black solidarity movements alike were part of this broader phenomenon, of associationism in pursuit of self-improvement and collective advance.
To study the Fragments/Whole: Microhistory and the Atlantic World by Putnam, Lara / Journal of Social History
Associationism has not been able to explain individual differences in susceptibility to sexuopathology.
History, causality, and sexology by Money, John / The Journal of Sex Research
Rather than upon the narration, then, More's attack on Proust focuses upon this associationism, which he ascribes oddly to "an older discredited psychology" (55) and depicts as mental anarchy, a mind without logos.
From symbolism to consciousness via Proust by Jamieson, T. John / Modern Age
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