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automatism

noun

au·​tom·​a·​tism ȯ-ˈtä-mə-ˌti-zəm How to pronounce automatism (audio)
1
a
: the quality or state of being automatic
b
: an automatic action
2
: the moving or functioning (as of an organ, tissue, or a body part) without conscious control that occurs either independently of external stimuli (as in the beating of the heart) or under the influence of external stimuli (as in pupil dilation)
3
: a theory that views the body as a machine and consciousness as a noncontrolling adjunct of the body
4
: suspension of the conscious mind to release subconscious images
automatism—the surrealist trend toward spontaneity and intuition Elle
automatist noun or adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Other analysts countered that the defense would be successful in only a minuscule number of cases and that there is a difference between extreme intoxication and extreme intoxication akin to automatism. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 But once humans traveling in this manner exhibited the automatism of the technology itself, any interruption entailed a catastrophic return of the anxiety initially repressed. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 Founded by French poet, essayist and critic André Breton, Surrealism rejected the premise that culture and politics should be guided by rational principles, instead elevating dreams, automatism and psychoanalysis. Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2020 While painters like André Masson and Joan Miró practiced visual automatism, others, René Magritte, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí among them, used meticulous technique to create optical puns and illusions. Teju Cole, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2016

Word History

Etymology

French automatisme, from automate automaton, from Latin automaton

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of automatism was in 1776
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