Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

connectionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: con-nec-tion-ist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advocate of connectionism.

adj

Of or relating to connectionism.

Example Sentences

"At the helm of the connectionists was [Frank] Rosenblatt and his Perceptron, an early proof of concept for a machine learning system."

Etymology

Etymology tree English connection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English connectionist From connection + -ist.

Inflected Forms

connectionists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

symbolist

Questions

What does connectionist mean?: An advocate of connectionism.
Where does connectionist come from?: Etymology tree English connection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English connectionist From connection + -ist.

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