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单词 peripheralist
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peripheralistn.adj.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɪf(ə)rəlɪst/, /pᵻˈrɪf(ə)rl̩ɪst/, U.S. /pəˈrɪf(ə)rələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peripheral adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < peripheral adj. + -ist suffix, after peripheralism n.
Chiefly Psychology.
A. n.
A believer in or advocate of peripheralism; a person who stresses the importance of peripheral factors. Also: a person who chooses to operate or be involved in a peripheral sphere.
ΚΠ
1924 Jrnl. Philos. 21 290 This hiatus between the ‘centralist’ and the ‘peripheralist’ may, I believe, be bridged over by the formation of certain principles of response.
1941 M. Sherman Basic Probl. Behavior iii. 120 According to Murray the peripheralists are concerned with external reactions and with the conditions in the environment which call forth these responses.
2000 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 23 July e1 Being a peripheralist, you definitely have limitations. You'd like to go into the back-room soirees, and you can't really do that.
B. adj.
Of or relating to peripheralists or peripheralism.
ΚΠ
1952 E. Brunswik Conceptual Framework Psychol. v. 68 Together with the latter they establish a central–distal reference pattern which sharply contrasts with Watson's earlier peripheralist sensory-motor emphasis.
1986 W. Lyons Disappearance of Introspection viii. 146 Recent behaviorist and peripheralist theories and explanations have given way to centralist (brain-centered or mind-centered or cognition-emphasized) theories and explanations in philosophy and psychology.
1997 C. McGinn Minds & Bodies x. 78 What he seems to be offering..is a kind of peripheralist identity theory: a sensation is identical with a bodily perturbation of a certain sort.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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