associational
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
association + -al
Adjective[edit]
associational (comparative more associational, superlative most associational)
- 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
of, pertaining to or deriving from association
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