free association

free-association的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A spontaneous, logically unconstrained and undirected association of ideas, emotions, and feelings.
自由联想：观念，情绪或感情的自发的、不受逻辑束缚且无目的的联合

2. A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's articulation of free associations is encouraged in order to reveal unconscious thoughts and emotions, such as traumatic experiences that have been repressed.
自由联想：为揭示潜意识的思想和情绪（如被藏入潜意识的心灵创伤经历）而鼓励病人说出其各种各样的联想