单词 | free-associate |
释义 | free-associatev. intransitive. To indulge in free association. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1941 |
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