English Explanatory Dictionary

spinson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An agent in an agent-based model representing a person who holds one of two opposite opinions on a topic (for example, "for" or "against").

Word forms

spinson spinsons

Etymology

Blend of spin (“property of a subatomic particle”) + person. Based on the idea that a person's opinion can be likened to the up or down spin of a quark. Coined by Piotr Nyczka and Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron in 2013.

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