automatist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

automatic +‎ -ist

Adjective[edit]

automatist (not comparable)

  1. Of or characterized by automatism
    • 2008 March 14, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times[1]:
      The free-flowing pixelated compositions, while full of angles, owe something to automatist drawing.

Noun[edit]

automatist (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.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French automatiste.

Noun[edit]

automatist m (plural automatiști)

  1. automatist

Declension[edit]