free association
- the mental process by which one word or image may spontaneously suggest another without any necessary logical connection.;a psychoanalytic technique for investigation of the unconscious mind, in which a relaxed subject reports all passing thoughts without reservation.
noun: free association
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the mental process by which one word or image may spontaneously suggest another without any necessary logical connection.
- ▪ a psychoanalytic technique for investigation of the unconscious mind, in which a relaxed subject reports all passing thoughts without reservation.
- 2. the forming of a group, political alliance, or other organization without any external restriction the right of free association