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free-associate
[ free-uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see- ]
verb (used without object)
- to engage in free association.
Word History and Origins
Origin of free-associate1
Example Sentences
In one of the most touching scenes about art and understanding, Souad is asked to free-associate over simple, hypnotic footage she shot at home of water filling a pail.
Sometimes, he would free-associate about philosophy and literature; at other times, though, he would embroider his childhood experiences during the Depression into works of audio fiction.
But doing his haircuts was a nice way to give him a safe space where he could free-associate.
Moreover, actually being in power — drafting bills and heading to the cafeteria with supposed child abusers — makes it harder to free-associate about the machinations of a shadowy elite.
I’m continually awed by his ability to free-associate, but worry students would be laughed at by art-school peers if they offered his brand of analysis.
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