associational

adj

1. Of, pertaining to or deriving from association.

   “How could I create such complex and wide schemes of associational thought and feeling, such filigreed webs of dreams and politics, without being mistaken for a “smuggler of reaction,” “an ideological confusionist,” or “an individualistic and dangerous element”?”

   “Instead of making a point, Roth shows us a detail, but a detail packed with layers of associational meaning.”

   “The distinction between […] southern Italians, who are amoral familists, and Americans, who are generally community-oriented and associational.”