connectionist

English

Etymology

From connection +‎ -ist.

Noun

connectionist (plural connectionists)

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

Adjective

connectionist (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to connectionism.