Associationalist

/əˌsoʊʃiːˈeɪʃənəlɪst/ noun

A person who believes that the mind learns by connecting ideas together through repeated exposure and experience.

From 'association' + -alist (one who practices or believes in). Emerged as a philosophical and psychological term in 18th-19th century discussions of how learning works.

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