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FREE ASSOCIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free association mean?
• FREE ASSOCIATION (noun)
The noun FREE ASSOCIATION has 1 sense:
1. a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
Familiarity information: FREE ASSOCIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("free association" is a kind of...):
cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)
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