automatic
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/
:
automático
- And when you fully attain that, it's effortless and automatic and it's just built in.
- an automatic response
- automatic and unconscious
- automatic behavior
So that is not an automatic absence of self love.
- So that is not an automatic absence of self love.
- The dysfunction and left posterior systems prevents rapid automatic word recognition.
- But higher organisms like animals and human beings cannot just do automatic physical functions.
- Or is that sort of on automatic in some other way or taking a back seat?
- And if we do it enough, then it becomes automatic.
- Rather, recognizing and forming letters and words are effortless, unconscious, automatic processes.
- I guess this is more system one just automatic is you can prime yourself.
Examples
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The first component of the model, affective sharing with others, is largely an unconscious or automatic experience.
Academic text (2011) -
At times, the process of problem recognition is automatic; at other times, it involves conscious effort.
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Must be an automatic response to his presence.
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But what this was about is she lost the capacity to do automatic breathing.
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Sure, you know, you see an attractive member of the opposite gender, you have an automatic response.
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At some point it becomes automatic, it becomes reflexive.
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So our habits are examples of automatic cognition.
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Some of the rituals we perform really are kind of automatic and habitual.
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After years of practice, tying his shoes became an automatic action for him.
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Her reaction to the loud sound was automatic; she flinched without thinking.
Synonyms
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5.4
Not done on purpose and not under a person's control
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4.1
A natural quick action or feeling that happens without thinking
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4.2
A quick natural reaction that happens without thinking
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5.2
Behaving like a machine, showing no feeling or interest
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6.8
An automatic action that happens without thinking, often a body reaction
1
6.7
Acting in a very exact, automatic way without showing feeling
Happens automatically without thinking as a quick response to something
Acting like a machine without feeling or choice
Showing no feeling and acting like a machine
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.7
A rifle that shoots bullets without stopping as long as the trigger is held
- Specialized
7
3.7
A car system that changes gears by itself so the driver does not have to shift them
- Specialized
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3.4
A machine outside banks that lets customers use a bank card to take out cash and do simple bank tasks
- Specialized
2
5.1
A small gun that keeps firing while you hold the trigger and there are bullets
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2.7
A machine outside banks that gives cash and lets you do basic banking with a card and a code
- Archaic
1
7.4
A portable .30 caliber automatic rifle used by United States soldiers in World War I, World War II, and Korea
- Archaic
1
6.8
A device in a car engine that automatically reduces air so the engine starts easily when cold
- Specialized
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5.1
A gun that keeps loading and shooting as long as you hold the trigger
- Specialized
A set of computers and programs that store, process, and find data automatically
- Specialized
Computer systems check who a person is by scanning their face
- Specialized
A mode in which a car moves, steers, and brakes using sensors and software
- Specialized
A coffee machine that grinds beans, brews espresso, and makes milk foam automatically
How Automatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Automatic also describes actions that happen without thinking, using the same auto- 'self' idea. Think of a blink or a smile that happens 'by itself', and that is why an automatic reaction is like a reflex.