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free association
CIDE DICTIONARY
free association, n.
The act or process of free-associating. It is a technique used in psychoanalysis and is supposed to allow the analyst access to the unconscious thoughts of the analysand. See free-associate. [PJC]
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free association
Analogy
N analogy, association, association of ideas, metaphor, analogical thinking, free association, train of thought, analogical.For further exploring for "free association" in Webster Dictionary Online