• (n.) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Follower of Associationism as a philosophical school and set of explanatory principles.
As·so`ci·a'tion·ist noun (Philos.) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g. , Hartley, J. C. Mill.