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BISOCIATE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

bisociation : The simultaneous mental association of an idea or mental object with two fields ordinarily not regarded as related.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Rapprocher des concepts qui jusqu'alors n'étaient pas en contact.

CONT

[Le chercheur] concasse le sujet [...] le bi-socie avec toutes sortes d'autres sujets (c'est ce qu'on appelle les analogies), laisse parler son imagination la plus irrationnelle.

OBS

Préférer la graphie en un seul mot avec 2 s.

Spanish

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