connectionist

connectionist

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin nectō
Latin cōnectō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin cōnexiōder.
Latin connexionemder.
Middle English connexiounder.
English connection
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English connectionist

    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.

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    Adjective

    connectionist (not comparable)

    1. Of or relating to connectionism.

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