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Free association Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Free association has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence

2

A technique in psychoanalysis in which the patient speaks for him- or herself, rather than repeating the ideas of the analyst.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
thinking
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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