associational

English

Etymology

From association +‎ -al.

Adjective

associational (comparative more associational, superlative most associational)

1. Of, pertaining to or deriving from association.
   • 1940, Richard Wright, Native Son‎^[1], New York: Harper and Row, published 1966, Introduction, p. xxii:

     How could I create such complex and wide schemes of associational thought and feeling, such filigreed webs of dreams and politics, without being mistaken for a “smuggler of reaction,” “an ideological confusionist,” or “an individualistic and dangerous element”?

   • 1988 October 7, Justin Hayford, “Communion and Confusion”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Instead of making a point, Roth shows us a detail, but a detail packed with layers of associational meaning.

Derived terms

• associationally
• associationality

Translations

of, pertaining to or deriving from association

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: järjestöllinen
• French: associatif (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: associazionistico
• Polish: asocjacyjny
• Portuguese: associativo
• Romanian: asociațial m or n, asociațional m or n
• Russian: ассоциати́вный (ru) (associatívnyj)
• Vietnamese: liên tưởng (vi)