- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
- the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
💬 Examples
- "he joined the Modern Language Association"
- "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
- "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
- "conditioning is a form of learning by association"