free association

Other forms: free associations

Definitions of free association
  1. noun
    a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
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    type of:
    cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process
    the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
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