Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 territory may have with another country, as an 'Associated State'. Examples of this include the relationship of the Cook Islands with New Zealand, and Puerto Rico with the United States. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.