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Free Association

Definition: Free Association

Free Association

Noun

1. A thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Free Association

DomainDefinitions

Health

Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Free association

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term Free association has two meanings:

Psychology

Free association, in psychology is a clinical technique devised by Sigmund Freud.

Politics

A political relationship that a territory may have with another country, as an 'Associated State'. Examples of this include the relationship of the Cook Islands with New Zealand, and Puerto Rico with the United States.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Free association."

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Synonyms within Context: Free Association

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Analogy

Analogical thinking; free association; train of thought.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Free Association

English words defined with "free association": customs unionFederated States of MicronesiaMicronesiaThe land league, TT. (references)
Specialty definitions using "free association": Association for Progressive CommunicationsBidouilleurs Sans ArgentEFTA-Stockholm 1960, European Free Trade AssociationFSFp-Aminosalicylic Acid. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Free Association

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Guide to Family Centered Circle Drawings (F-C-C-D With Symbol Probes and Visual Free Association) (reference)

  • Doing Qualitative Research Differently: Free Association Narrative and the Interview Method (reference)

  • Free Association (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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Non-Fiction Usage: Free Association

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Palau

Type: Constitutional republic in free association with United States. (references)

Palau

Palau gained its independence October 1, 1994 with the entry into force of the Compact of Free Association with the United States. (references)

Marshall Islands

Type: Parliamentary democracy in free association with the U.S.; the Compact of Free Association entered into force October 21, 1986. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

Project Varela proposes five areas where laws should be changed based on existing constitutional rights, including the right to free expression, the right to free association, amnesty for those jailed for "political motives," the right to set up businesses, and a new electoral law allowing citizens to vote for multiple candidates as a better form of "participatory democracy." The Government steadfastly has rejected international human rights monitoring. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

In 1999, President Pastrana approved Law 584, which limits government interference in a union's right to free association. (references)

Marshall Islands

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a self-governing nation under the Compact of Free Association with the United States. (references)

Worker Rights

Colombia

The law forbids antiunion discrimination and the obstruction of free association. (references)

Colombia

However, according to union leaders, both discrimination and obstruction of free association occur frequently. (references)

Cuba

The Constitution gives priority to state or collective needs over individual choices regarding free association or provision of employment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Free Association

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

free association

18

compact of free association

5
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Modern Translation: Free Association

Language Translations for "free association"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

frie associationer, fri association. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vrije associatie, algehele gemeenschap. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vapaa assosiaatio. (various references)

   

French

  

emprisonnement en commun de jour, association libre d'idées, association libre. (various references)

   

German

  

freie Assoziation, uneingeschränkte Gemeinschaft. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελεύθερος συνειρμός. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szabad asszociáció. (various references)

   

Italian

  

associazione libera. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

出這入り (coming and going, debits and credit, in and out, income and expenditure), 出入り (coming and going, debits and credit, in and out, income and expenditure). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

でいり (coming and going, debits and credit, in and out, income and expenditure), ではいり (coming and going, debits and credit, in and out, income and expenditure). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eefray associationay

   

Portuguese

  

associação livre de ideias. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

libre asociación, asociación libre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Free Association

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-i-i-n-o-o-r-s-s-t"

-4 letters: association, fasciations, fascinators, fictioneers, insectaries, sanctifiers.

-5 letters: ancestries, antecessor, anticaries, ascertains, cafeterias, caseations, caseinates, catenaries, confiteors, cortisones, craftiness, fasciation, fascinates, fascinator, feracities, ferocities, fictioneer, firestones, fornicates, interfaces, isooctanes, octonaries, ostensoria, refections, renotifies, resections, resistance, sanctifier, sanctifies, sanitaries, secretions, sectarians, sonorities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Free Association


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 72 65 65      41 73 73 6F 63 69 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01000001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#114 &#101 &#101 &#32 &#65 &#115 &#115 &#111 &#99 &#105 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0072 0065 0065      0041 0073 0073 006F 0063 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4084717123585858169756786758180

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Free Association"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjapanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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