automatism
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪzəm/
- Specialized
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automatismo
- I was astonished at the automatism of the impulse that had raised me from my seat.
Thought, imagination, feeling would all wither and blow away, leaving nothing but a brutish automatism.
- Thought, imagination, feeling would all wither and blow away, leaving nothing but a brutish automatism.
Examples
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"Involuntary sexual 'automatisms' occur within two hours of sleep onset, during non-REM sleep," says Bering.
Blog text (8) -
And the concept of automatism is the mode of this resistance.
Academic text (2000) -
Park defines female automatism as follows:
Academic text (2018) -
Let me pause and drift a little as in the automatism of reaching for a cigarette.
Academic text (2015) -
The automatism he has discovered—"drawings for projection"—works itself out in a continuing series.
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Perhaps Kolnai understated the "automatism" that could be instituted, relatively independently of mass terror, by an ideocratic tyranny.
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During the seizure, he exhibited clear signs of automatism as he performed actions without any awareness.
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In psychology, automatism refers to behaviors that occur without conscious thought, often observed in patients with epilepsy.
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The doctor explained how automatism could lead individuals to engage in repetitive actions without realizing it.
Synonyms
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5.1
A state when a person does things automatically without thinking, often from habit or lack of attention
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3.4
A quick movement your body makes without thinking, for example pulling your hand from something hot
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5.0
To act without thinking, as if following a routine
A body movement that happens without thinking because of an idea or suggestion
A state of acting without choice or control
How Automatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Automatism comes from the Greek prefix auto- meaning 'self' and is like the common word automatic, which means 'works by itself'. So automatism describes actions that happen 'without thinking' or on their own, as in sleepwalking or during a seizure.