"associational" meaning in English

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          "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
          "word": "järjestöllinen"
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
          "word": "associatif"
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
          "word": "associazionistico"
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to or deriving from association",
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