associatively

Through mental connections

In a manner that connects or groups things based on association—linking related ideas, memories, or elements together.

The term appears in computing, mathematics, and psychology: The algorithm clusters data associatively, Memory works associatively, one thought triggering another.

In mathematics, an operation works associatively when grouping doesn't affect the result: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).

relational

connectedly

In linked fashion

collaboratively · collectively · cooperatively · correspondingly · correlatively · relationally · contextually · peripherally · adjacently · contiguously

mental

cognitively

Pertaining to thought processes

psychologically · conceptually · abstractly · symbolically · metaphorically · semantically · connotatively · suggestively · evocatively · reminiscently

Opposites
cognitive/organizational method

associativelysequentially

In ordered succession

linearly · systematically · methodically · chronologically · serially

logical structure

associativelylogically

Through sound reasoning

deductively · analytically · rationally · formally · rigorously

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