association theory

1. 1.

   (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity

   Synonymsassociationism

   Broaderscientific theory

   psychology

Questions about association theory

What does association theory mean?

association theory means "(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity".

What is another word for association theory?

Close synonyms include associationism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is association theory a common word?

association theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.