automatist

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adjective

Of or characterized by automatism

OriginEnglish automatic ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

adjectiveautomatist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or characterized by automatism

    The free-flowing pixelated compositions, while full of angles, owe something to automatist drawing.

    2008 March 14, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times
nounautomatist (plural automatists)

plural automatists

  1. One who performs automatic writing.
  2. One who holds the doctrine of automatism, believing that animals are automata.
  3. An artist working in the style of automatism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  9. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  10. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  11. Classical Latinautomatum
  12. New Latinautomaticus
  13. Englishautomatic
  14. Englishautomatist

From automatic + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

automatist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatist

MLA

“automatist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “automatist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatist.

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