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association of ideas

association of ideas Association of ideas is the learned linking of two or more mental contents through experience, so that the return of one tends to bring back the others.

Association of ideas is the learned linking of two or more mental contents through experience, so that the return of one tends to bring back the others. In historical psychology, this linking was described as occurring through relations such as similarity, contrast, or closeness in experience.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Association (of ideas)” (Association (of ideas)).
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