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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jadongjeung
"그의 무의식적인 행동은 일종의 자동증에서 비롯되었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The performance of actions without conscious thought or intention, often resulting from habit, fatigue, or medical conditions.
"His late-night typing was reduced to a mechanical automatism after hours of working." - 2
In psychology and surrealism, the avoidance of conscious control in artistic creation or thought processes to allow subconscious expression.
"The surrealist painters experimented with psychic automatism to tap directly into their dreams and inner psyche."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek automatos (acting of one's own will), passing through French automatisme into English in the 19th century. Initially used in physiological and philosophical contexts to describe involuntary bodily actions, it later expanded into psychology and surrealist art to denote actions performed without conscious volition.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Automatism" is said worldwide
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automatisme
Transliteration: /o.to.ma.tism/
"L'écriture automatique est une forme d'automatisme artistique."
Automatismus
Transliteration: /aʊtoˈmaːtɪsmʊs/
"Viele alltägliche Handlungen basieren auf einem reinen Automatismus."
automatismo
Transliteration: /aw.to.maˈtiz.mo/
"L'automatismo motorio si manifesta durante i gesti ripetitivi."
automatismo
Transliteration: /aw.to.maˈtiz.mo/
"El automatismo en el deporte ayuda a ejecutar los movimientos sin dudar."
automatismo
Transliteration: /aw.to.maˈtiz.mu/
"O jogador age por automatismo após anos de treino."
स्वचालित क्रिया
Transliteration: swachalit kriya
"यह कार्य बिना सोचे-समझे एक स्वचालित क्रिया के रूप में किया गया।"
自动行为
Transliteration: zìdòng xíngwéi
"这种习惯性的动作已经变成了一种自动行为。"
자동증
Transliteration: jadongjeung
"그의 무의식적인 행동은 일종의 자동증에서 비롯되었다."
自動症
Transliteration: jidōshō
"シュルレアリスムの作家たちは精神的自動症を利用した。"
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