1. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination ; - Example: "associative learning" [syn: associative, associatory]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
associatory
adj 1: characterized by or causing or resulting from the process
of bringing ideas or events together in memory or
imagination ; "associative learning" [syn: associative,
associatory] [ant: nonassociative]