Automatism Definition
ô-tŏmə-tĭzəm
noun
The state or quality of being automatic.
American Heritage
The quality or condition of being automatic.
Webster's New World
Automatic mechanical action.
American Heritage
Automatic action.
Webster's New World
The theory that the body is a machine whose functions are accompanied but not controlled by consciousness.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- self-motion
- self-activity
- self-propulsion
- self-action
- automatization
Other Word Forms of Automatism
Noun
Singular:
automatism
Plural:
automatismsOrigin of Automatism
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From Latin automaton automaton automaton
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From automat(on) + -ism.
From Wiktionary
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