Free association — may refer to: *Free association (psychology), a clinical technique of psychoanalysis devised by Sigmund Freud *Free Association, David Holmes group for the Code 46 soundtrack *Associated State, a type of political relationship that one country… … Wikipedia
Free Association — may refer to: *Free association (psychology), a clinical technique of psychoanalysis devised by Sigmund Freud *Associated State, a type of political relationship that one country may have with another country *Freedom of association, a human… … Wikipedia
free association — n. (psychoanalysis) 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
free association — n. 1. Psychoanalysis the technique of having the patient talk spontaneously, expressing without inhibition whatever ideas, memories, etc. come to mind: used to discover and make available for analysis repressed material in the unconscious 2. any… … English World dictionary
free association — noun Date: 1899 1. a. the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes especially in psychoanalysis b. the reporting of the first thought that comes … New Collegiate Dictionary
Free association (psychology) — Free association (Psychodynamic theory) is a technique used in psychology, devised by Sigmund Freud.In free association, patients are asked to continually relate anything which comes into their minds, regardless of how superficially unimportant… … Wikipedia
free association — free′ associa′tion n. 1) pst the uncensored expression of the ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of an analysand 2) any process in which one idea, word, etc., suggests or elicits the next without following any logical order or… … From formal English to slang
free association — free associ ation noun uncount 1. ) in PSYCHOLOGY, a connection that you make in your mind between things that are not similar to each other in an obvious way 2. ) a person s right to meet and talk to other people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Free Association of German Trade Unions — Infobox Union name=FVdG country= Germany affiliation= members= 1897: 6,803 1900: 19,752 1903: 17,061 1906: 16,662 1910: 6,454 1914: 6,000 [Figures from before World War I taken from Müller 1985a, pg. 344.] August 1919: 60,000 December 1919:… … Wikipedia
free association — /fri əsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ (say free uhsohsee ayshuhn) noun 1. the first association called forth by each of a series of stimulus words. 2. a train of thought elicited in response to a single word …
