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Free association

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The term Free association has two meanings:

Psychology

Free association, in psychology is a clinical technique devised by Sigmund Freud.

Politics

A political relationship that a country may have with another country, as an 'Associated State'. Examples of this include the relationship of the Cook Islands and Niue with New Zealand, and Palau, Marshall Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia with the United States.