English Explanatory Dictionary

bisociation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated patterns of thought into a new pattern.

Word forms

bisociation bisociations

Etymology

Blend of bi- + association; coined by Hungarian-British author Arthur Koestler in his 1964 book The Act of Creation.

Related words

perverb
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