See Also: automatism(medicine)
Automatism(health)
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ambulatory automatism(medicine)
immediate posttraumatic automatism(medicine)
posttraumatic automatism(medicine)

automatism (iou)



automatism noun. M19.
[French automatisme, from AUTOMATE noun: see -ISM.]
The quality of being automatic, or of acting mechanically only; involuntary action; a doctrine ascribing this quality to animals. M19.
Mechanical, unthinking routine. L19.
The faculty of independently originating action. Now rare or obsolete. L19.
Psychology. An action that is, unusually, performed subconsciously or unconsciously; the mental state accompanying such an action. L19.
Art. A surrealist technique seeking to eliminate conscious thought from the creative process. M20.
automatist noun an adherent or practitioner of, or a person subject to, automatism L19.