associative relationship; federated relationship
General term for a relationship formed by association or federation, used in political, organizational, or abstract contexts.
This organization is composed of several groups in a federated relationship.
Linguistics term referring to the relationship between elements that can substitute for each other in a given context, often contrasted with 系列関係 (syntagmatic relation).
See also: 系列関係
Paradigmatic relation is a concept in linguistics contrasted with syntagmatic relation.
系列関係 (syntagmatic relation) is the complementary linguistic concept to 連合関係 (paradigmatic relation), dealing with sequential combinations rather than substitutable elements.
Compound of 連合 (れんごう, 'union, federation') and 関係 (かんけい, 'relationship'). The linguistic sense is a calque from Western structural linguistics.