word association
noun
stimulation of an associative pattern by a word.
Words nearby word association
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Melroy could hear a recording of somebody being given a word-association test.
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British Dictionary definitions for word association
word association
noun
an early method of psychoanalysis in which the patient thinks of the first word that comes into consciousness on hearing a given word. In this way it was claimed that aspects of the unconscious could be revealed before defence mechanisms intervene
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