automatism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

WordNet


Au*tom"a*tism noun
Definitions
  1. 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 1913