İngilizce dilinde "automatism" tanımı

noun

1. (uncountable) Automatic or involuntary action.

2. (uncountable) The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.

3. (uncountable) The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws.

4. (uncountable, art) A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.

5. (countable, psychology) An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.