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Word: automatism (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Acting automatically or involuntarily.
  • A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
  • psychology An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.

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