Definitions from Wiktionary (automatism)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) Automatic or involuntary action.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, art) A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
▸ noun:  (countable, psychology) An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
▸ Also see automatism



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