automatism
n.
automatic action; involuntary or reflexive action
Automatism
Automatism
automatism
Noun
1. any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
(hypernym) reaction, response
Automatism
(n.)
The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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