connectionism
noun
connectionism is a noun meaning “Any of several fields of psychology that model brain processes in terms of interconnected networks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does connectionism mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several fields of psychology that model brain processes in terms of interconnected networks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is connectionism?
Connectionism appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Connectionism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Konnektionismus |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does connectionism come from?
From connection + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).