Automaticity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Automaticity is a noun meaning The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
Meaning
The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
More Meanings
- The process of one thing automatically following another.
- (medicine) The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
Example Sentences
No, donations and loans absolutely are not a means, with any automaticity, of getting a peerage, but they are not a bar to getting a peerage, and to some extent that is what we exist for.
The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out.
Word Forms
- automaticities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include automatism, auto, automaticism, autopilot, mindlessness, simplicity.
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