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pronunciation:
fri so si eI shn [or] fri so shi eI shn
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a psychoanalytic technique for discovering repressed thoughts and emotions, in which the patient talks spontaneously about whatever comes to mind.
definition 2: an act or process of spontaneous or nonlogical connections of ideas and feelings.