automatism.
Automatic or involuntary action.
Meaning & usage
Automatic or involuntary action.
The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
The doctrine that all living beings are entirely controlled by physical or physiological causes, where consciousness is a noncontrolling accessory.
A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
Where this word comes from
From automat(on) + -ism.
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