観かん念ねん連れん合ごう

noun

association of ideas; mental association

Technical term in psychology and philosophy for the linking of concepts in the mind. Not an everyday word; used in academic or explanatory contexts.

• 心しん理り学がくでは、観かん念ねん連れん合ごうの原げん理りが記き憶おくの仕し組くみを説せつ明めいするのに使つかわれる。

  In psychology, the principle of association of ideas is used to explain how memory works.