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connectionist

connectionist noun: an advocate of connectionism.

Noun

connectionist (plural connectionists)

  1. (cognitive science, artificial intelligence) An advocate of connectionism.
    • At the helm of the connectionists was [Frank] Rosenblatt and his Perceptron, an early proof of concept for a machine learning system.2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Adjective

connectionist (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to connectionism.

Forms of connectionist

pluralconnectionists

Origin of connectionist

From connection + -ist.

Questions about connectionist

What does connectionist mean?
Connectionist means an advocate of connectionism.
What part of speech is connectionist?
Connectionist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of connectionist?
The plural of connectionist is connectionists.

Words near connectionist in the dictionary

  1. connectionalism
  2. connectionalist
  3. connectionalists
  4. connectionally
  5. connectionism
  6. connectionist
  7. connectionistic
  8. connectionists
  9. connectionless
  10. connectionlessness
  11. connections

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