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Definition of free association noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

free association

noun
 
/ˌfriː əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn/,
 
/ˌfriː əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/
 
/ˌfriː əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn/,
 
/ˌfriː əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. the mental process by which one word or image may suggest another without any obvious connection
    • Many of the images seem to have been arrived at by means of free association.
  2. a method of treating a patient by asking them to use the mental process of free association
    • Freud insisted on free association as the mainspring of analysis.
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