Word Meanings - ASSOCIATIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.

Related words: (words related to ASSOCIATIONIST)

• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• HIGHER-UP
  A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl.
• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• HIGHERING
  Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
• ASSOCIATIONISM
  The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
• ASSOCIATIONAL
  1. Of or pertaining to association, or to an association. 2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
• HIGHER THOUGHT
  See BELOW
• HIGHER CRITICISM
  Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
  A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A.
• YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar