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free association

noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. the uncensored expression of the ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of the analysand, a technique used to facilitate access to the unconscious.


free association

noun

  1. psychoanal a method of exploring a person's unconscious by eliciting words and thoughts that are associated with key words provided by a psychoanalyst
  2. a spontaneous mental process whereby ideas, words, or images suggest other ideas, etc, in a nonlogical chain reaction
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of free association1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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One possible next step is a free association - something like the US currently has with Pacific states the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau.

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He has called for a "free association agreement" with the US covering trade and defence which would give Greenland independence but hand the US responsibility for security.

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Cook Islands, a self-governing Pacific nation, is in "free association" with New Zealand, which is responsible for the former's foreign affairs and defence.

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Such is free association in the age of late capitalism.

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He just becomes incomprehensible when he engages in free association word salad speech that is all over the place.

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