automaticity

[ aw-tuh-muh-tis-i-tee ]

/ ˌɔ tə məˈtɪs ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality or fact of being performed involuntarily or unconsciously, as a reflex, innate process, or ingrained habit: This online math program helps students achieve automaticity in the basic facts of addition and subtraction.

the fact or quality of starting or operating independently: In this historical drama, everything happens with the automaticity of clockwork, as if the ending has already been written.

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Origin of automaticity

automatic + -ity

Words nearby automaticity

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How to use automaticity in a sentence

But the drama that unfolds across their visages is indicative of automaticity rather than authenticity.
‘Visitors’ Is Staring At You|Emma Myers|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Similarly, all our experience in life tends to automaticity.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
Without such exaggeration, America may justly claim the contribution of automaticity to the Machine of Civilization.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
Not only is it true that repetition makes for automaticity, but intensity is also an aid.
How to Teach|George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy

The essence of automaticity is that mechanism at a certain, predetermined point in an operation shall perform a required act.
Inventors at Work|George Iles
In the best modern types of engine this automaticity goes far indeed.
Inventors at Work|George Iles