連れん合ごう関かん係けい

noun

associative relationship; federated relationship

General term for a relationship formed by association or federation, used in political, organizational, or abstract contexts.

• この組そ織しきは連れん合ごう関かん係けいにある複ふく数すうの団だん体たいで構こう成せいされている。

  This organization is composed of several groups in a federated relationship.

noun

paradigmatic relation

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

• 「連れん合ごう関かん係けい」は、言げん語ご学がくで系けい列れつ関かん係けいと対たい比ひされる概がい念ねんだ。

  Paradigmatic relation is a concept in linguistics contrasted with syntagmatic relation.