associational

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for associational
Adjective
  • Their contempt for freedom and social order trades the politics of reason and persuasion—Charlie's life's work—for the false politics of violence and murder.
    Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Reverend William Barber II, is a pastor and social justice activist who was once invited to discuss with Kirk the role of religion in public life, though that discussion didn't materialize.
    Michel Martin, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Considering the show’s audience, the decision to turn the story of 1066 into a family melodrama-cum-colonial parable starts to make sense.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Yet there has always been an underlying tension between the colonial-era architecture and the hotel’s increasingly contemporary African clientele.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Associational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/associational. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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