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American Protective Association
American Protective Association A*mer"i*can Pro*tect"ive
As*so`ci*a"tion
A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in
1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions
by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev.
commonly to A. P .A.
AssociationAssociation As*so`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. association,
LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]
1. The act of associating, or state of being associated;
union; connection, whether of persons of things. ``Some .
. . bond of association.' --Hooker.
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
--Boyle.
2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or
associated with a thing.
Words . . . must owe their powers association.
--Johnson.
Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their
venerable associations, be profaned? --Coleridge.
3. Union of persons in a company or society for some
particular purpose; as, the American Association for the
Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.
Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society,
consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors
of neighboring churches, united for promoting the
interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or
connection of states of mind or their objects with one
another, as the result of which one is said to be revived
or represented by means of the other. The relations
according to which they are thus connected or revived are
called the law of association. Prominent among them are
reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and
effect. --Porter. Association of ideasAssociation As*so`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. association,
LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]
1. The act of associating, or state of being associated;
union; connection, whether of persons of things. ``Some .
. . bond of association.' --Hooker.
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
--Boyle.
2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or
associated with a thing.
Words . . . must owe their powers association.
--Johnson.
Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their
venerable associations, be profaned? --Coleridge.
3. Union of persons in a company or society for some
particular purpose; as, the American Association for the
Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.
Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society,
consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors
of neighboring churches, united for promoting the
interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or
connection of states of mind or their objects with one
another, as the result of which one is said to be revived
or represented by means of the other. The relations
according to which they are thus connected or revived are
called the law of association. Prominent among them are
reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and
effect. --Porter. Associational
Associational As*so`ci*a"tion*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.
2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
Associationism
Associationism As*so`ci*a"tion*ism, n. (Philos.)
The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
Associationist
Associationist As*so`ci*a"tion*ist, n. (Philos.)
One who explains the higher functions and relations of the
soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Dissociation
Dissociation Dis*so`ci*a"tion (?; 106), n. [L. dissociatio:
cf. F. dissociation.]
1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of
separation; disunion.
It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction,
and confusion of these confederate republics.
--Burke.
2. (Chem.) The process by which a compound body breaks up
into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the
action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the
dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of
ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
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