free association

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free association - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  free association \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]

free association - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  free association
      n 1: a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest
           other ideas in a sequence