automatism
Automatic or involuntary actionAutomatic or involuntary action.
» Surrealism is pure psychic automatism.
Сюрреализм - это чистый психический автоматизм. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Сюрреализм - это психический автоматизм в чистом виде. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
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1 sentencesSurrealism is pure psychic automatism.
ruСюрреализм - это чистый психический автоматизм. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)Automatic or involuntary action.
Automatismus
автомати́змavtomatízm
автомати́змavtomatýzm
(uncountable)The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
(uncountable)The doctrine that all living beings are entirely controlled by physical or physiological causes, where consciousness is a noncontrolling accessory.
More meanings 2
(uncountable)A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
(countable)An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
- any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
Origin
From automat(on) + -ism.From automat(on) + -ism.
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Forms
plural: automatisms| Singular | automatism |
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Synonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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