About The Word Automatism

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Automatism

Automatism Meaning & Definition
Automatism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Automatism?

[n] any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Automatism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Automatism: automatic control | automatic writing | automation | automatization | bad habit | blind impulse | characteristic | compulsiveness | conditioning | creature of habit | custom | echolalia | echopraxia | force of habit | habit | habit pattern | habitude | impulse | instinct | instinctiveness | involuntariness | levitation | materialization | Ouija | pattern | peculiarity | planchette | poltergeist | poltergeistism | practice | praxis | psychography | psychorrhagy | reflex action | second nature | self-action | self-activity | self-determination | self-direction | self-government | self-motion | self-propulsion | self-regulation | sheer chemistry | spirit manifestation | spirit rapping | stereotype | stereotyped behavior | table tipping | telekinesis | teleportation | telesthesia | trance speaking | trick | unwilledness | usage | use | way | wont

See Also | reaction | response

Automatism In Webster's Dictionary

\Au*tom"a*tism\, n. The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

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