associational
Americanadjective
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of or relating to association, or to forming connections with other people or groups.
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of or relating to a particular association or organization, or to associations in general and their structure or operation.
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of or relating to associations or connections between ideas, phenomena, or causes and effects.
Other Word Forms
- associationalism noun
- associationally adverb
Example Sentences
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An opinion based on associational rights will not be easy for the justices to write.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2024
It said that a prohibition on department employees participating in subgroups “impacts the ability of deputies to engage in expressive and associational activities” outside their jobs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023
District Court Judge John Sedwick ruled that Elizabeth Bakalar’s December 2018 firing violated her free speech and associational rights under the U.S. and state constitutions.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022
Both studies are associational, though, meaning they show that physical activity is linked to life span but not that being more active directly causes life spans to lengthen.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
It was in the sphere of church government that Protestantism made its great changes by attempting to return to the polity of the early associational form of Christianity.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood
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