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In a groupoid, consider arbitrarily parenthesized expressions on the $k$ variables $x_0,x_1,\cdots x_{k-1}$ where each $x_i$ appears once and all variables appear in order of their indices. We call these expressions $k$-ary formal products, and denote the set containing all of them by $F^{\sigma }\left(k\right)$. If $u,v\in F^{\sigma }\left(k\right)$ are distinct, the statement that $u$ and $v$ are equal for all values of $x_0,x_1,\cdots x_{k-1}$ is a generalized associative law. Among other results, we show that many small groupoids are completely dissociative, meaning that no generalized associative law holds...

Given a groupoid $\langle G,☆\rangle$, and $k\ge 3$, we say that $G$ is antiassociative if an only if for all $x_1,x_2,x_3\in G$, $(x_1☆x_2)☆x_3$ and $x_1☆(x_2☆x_3)$ are never equal. Generalizing this, $\langle G,☆\rangle$ is $k$-antiassociative if and only if for all $x_1,x_2,...,x_k\in G$, any two distinct expressions made by putting parentheses in $x_1☆x_2☆x_3☆\cdots ☆x_k$ are never equal. We prove that for every $k\ge 3$, there exist finite groupoids that are $k$-antiassociative. We then generalize this, investigating when other pairs of groupoid terms can be made never equal.