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单词 free-associate
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free-associatev.

Brit. /ˌfriːəˈsəʊʃɪeɪt/, /ˌfriːəˈsəʊsɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌfriəˈsoʊsiˌeɪt/, /ˌfriəˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adj., associate v.
Etymology: < free adj. + associate v., after free association n. 2.
intransitive. To indulge in free association.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [verb (intransitive)] > associate freely
free-associate1941
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 33 242 It is most difficult to ascertain the creative breaks in a list of free associated words.]
1941 Mind 50 80 If you start free-associating from any item in consciousness you will be bound to reach a sexual item sooner or later.
1954 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 67 244 I will read four words slowly and..you are to free-associate to the last word only.
1987 S. Brand Media Lab i. v. 79 I was free-associating to Minsky about how a computer could list the words in a text by frequency and send the list of numbers instead of the words.
2006 Oxf. Amer. Summer 108/2 It's a werewolf rave-up, with Kinney free-associatin' about Bonnie and Clyde, whiskey, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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