English Etymology From associative + -ity. Pronunciation Audio (US):(file) Noun English Wikipedia has an article on:associativityWikipedia associativity (plural associativities) (algebra) The condition of being associative. (programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses. Derived terms coassociativityheteroassociativitynonassociativity Related terms left-associative, right-associative, non-associative Translations condition of being associative Czech: asociativita f Danish: associativitet c Finnish: liitännäisyys (fi), assosiatiivisuus French: associativité (fr) f German: Assoziativität (de) f Icelandic: tengni f Irish: comhthiomsaitheacht f Japanese: 結合性 (ketsugōsei), 結合法則 (ja) (ketsugō hōsoku, literally “associative law”) Kazakh: ассоциативтік (assosiativtık), ассоциативтілік (assosiativtılık) Polish: łączność działania f, asocjatywność f Portuguese: associatividade (pt) f Romanian: asociativitate (ro) f Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.